The beginnings and ends of shadow lie between the light and darkness and may be infinitely diminished and infinitely increased. Shadow is the means by which bodies display their form. The forms of bodies could not be understood in detail but for shadow.
If the thing loved is base, the lover becomes base.
Nature is full of infinite causes that have never occurred in experience.
Those who are inspired by a model other than Nature, labor in vain.
The painter's mind is a copy of the divine mind, since it operates freely in creating the many kinds of animals, plants, fruits, landscapes, countrysides, ruins, and awe-inspiring places.
A long life is a life well spent.
The truth of things is the chief nutriment of superior intellects.
The lie is so vile, that even if it were in speaking well of godly things, it would take off something from God's grace; and Truth is so excellent, that if it praises but small things they become noble.
Lying on a feather mattress or quilt will not bring you renown.
There are many occasions when the muscles that form the lips of the mouth move the lateral muscles that are joined to them, and there are an equal number of occasions when these lateral muscles move the lips of this mouth, replacing it where it cannot return of itself, because the function of muscle is to pull and not to push except in the case of the genitals and the tongue.
There shall be wings! If the accomplishment be not for me, 'tis for some other. The spirit cannot die; and man, who shall know all and shall have wings.
The desire to know is natural to good men.
The painter or draftsman ought to be solitary, in order that the well-being of the body not sap the vigour of the mind.
I roamed the countryside searching for the answers to things I did not understand. Why shells existed on the tops of mountains along with the imprints of coral and plant and seaweed usually found in the sea. Why the thunder lasts a longer time than that which causes it and why immediately on its creation the lightening becomes visible to the eye while thunder requires time to travel. How the various circles of water form around the spot which has been struck by a stone and why a bird sustains itself in the air. These questions and other strange phenomena engaged my thought throughout my life.
The color of the object illuminated partakes of the color of that which illuminates it.
Let no man who is not a Mathematician read the elements of my work.
While you are alone you are entirely your own master and if you have one companion you are but half your own, and the less so in proportion to the indiscretion of his behavior.
Poetry is superior to painting in the presentation of words, and painting is superior to poetry in the presentation of facts. For this reason I judge painting to be superior to poetry.
Beyond a doubt truth bears the same relation to falsehood as light to darkness.
The painter strives and competes with nature.
It is easier to contend with evil at the first than at the last.
Knowledge ... shall always bear witness like a clarion to its creator.
Life, when is spent well, is long.
To enjoy - to love a thing for its own sake and for no other reason.
You can have no dominion greater or less than that over yourself.
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