Art Quote by Eric Maisel

He who understands the wise is wise already.

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

“The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.”

— William James

The man who is truly wise knows that he knows very little.

— Socrates

A man cannot be wise enough to be a great artist without being wise enough to wish to be a philosopher.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

The malady of civilized man is his knowledge of death. The good artist, like the wise man, addresses himself to life and invests with…

— Gore Vidal

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

— William James

“A wise man differs from the ordinary; in understanding, knowing and experiencing what Truth is all about.”

— Gian Kumar

Let them understand above all that the artist works from necessity; that he, too, is a minute element of the world to whom one…

— Pablo Picasso

The wiser a man becomes, the more he will read, and those who are wisest read most.

— Hans Christian Andersen

The silence of a wise man is always meaningful.

— Leo Strauss

The wise man is one who knows what he does not know.

— Anonymous

“When wise man quits learning, he will be more senile onwards.”

— Toba Beta