Artisans Quote by Giacomo Leopardi

The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works of Genius, whether of man or Nature. The Artisan…

— Henry David Thoreau

Other things being equal, it is the person who can lift his work up to the plane of the intuitional and inspiration who achieves…

— Stanwood Cobb

A man who relentlessly perspires to be excellent evidently inspires many with his intelligence and elegance.

— Anuj

He is an eloquent man who can treat humble subjects with delicacy, lofty things impressively, and moderate things temperately.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

One cannot demand of a scholar that he show himself a scholar everywhere in society, but the whole tenor of his behavior must none…

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

From my point of view, he can be called a remarkable man who stands out from those around him by the resourcefulness of his…

— G. I. Gurdjieff

The person who properly disciplines himself to do those things that he does not especially care to do, becomes successful.

— Frank Leahy

The man who is praised by others is regarded as worthy though he may be really void of all merit. But the man who…

— Chanakya

The painter who is content with the praise of the world for what does not satisfy himself, is not an artist, but an artisan;…

— Washington Allston

A man who prides himself on being better than his fellow-men thinks it a disgrace if he does not do something more than they…

— Saint Bernard

“So, he who displays himself does not shine; he who asserts his own views is not distinguished; he who vaunts himself does not find…

— Lao Tzu

One who, professing virtues that he does not respect, secures the advantage of seeming to be what he despises.

— Ambrose Bierce