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"The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it."
"There is no greater danger than the ignorance of the world."
"The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing."
"Study the past if you would define the future."
"The painting is a poetry that is seen rather than felt, and the poetry is a painting that is felt rather than seen."
"No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess."
"Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence."
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"To create, one must first question everything."
"The eye sees a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination awake."
"Chase the vision, not the money; the money will end up following you."
"He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind."
"Art is a reflection of society."
"Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly."
"The greatest wealth is to live content with little."
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
"No human mind is capable of grasping the Universe. We are like a little child entering a huge library."
"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
"One man with courage is a majority."
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."
"The aim of art is not a rarified, intellectual distillate; it is life, intensified, brilliant life."
"We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once."
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"The greatest genius is the one who is most like the average man."
"A good artist should be anonymous. It enhances his works."
"Simply put, I am not all bad. I may not seem so to you, but I have my own standards—a sort of internal scruple."
"Every artist was first an amateur."
"The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones."
"The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection."
"Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together."
"You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist."
"Life is a project that we undertake; it is not a given."
"In every work of art the spirit of the times is expressed."
"I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free."
"The only way to deal with this life is to find your own highway."
"Without music, life would be a mistake."
"Creativity takes courage."
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"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."
"Painting is a blind man's profession."
"The whole is greater than the sum of its parts."
"Every act of creation is first an act of destruction."
"Imagination is the highest kite one can fly."
"The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work."
"You see, in this world, there are two kinds of people: people like you and me who are driven by exuberant creativity—and those other people."
"A portrait is not made in the camera but on either side of it."
"The greatest artwork is the life of an individual."
"All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions."
"Art is a reflection of the society that creates it."
"The human heart is the most curious object of all in the universe."
"In every work of art, the spirit of the times appears."
"He who is not a philosopher is a fool."
"To be a great artist is to learn to see the world as it is."
"The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up."
"A very great vision is needed, and the man who has it must follow it as the eagle seeks the prey."
"We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love."
"Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know."
"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower."
"Nature is the ultimate guide to art."
"Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait."
"The universe is written in the language of mathematics."
"Let whoever is in charge keep the people's interests at heart."
"The perfection of art is to be the expression of the artist's joy."
"A painter paints the appearance of things, not their objective correctness."
"We are not the sum of our possessions."
"Life without passion is like an arrow without a target."
"In every work of art there is an element of compromise."
"To create is to live twice."
"Genius is eternal patience."
"Learning never exhausts the mind."
"The greatest breakthroughs of the twenty-first century will not be in technology, but in our ability to be inspired by the human condition."
"The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have."
"Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art."
"To be a great chef means to be a great scientist."
"A room without books is like a body without a soul."
"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."
"You can have anything you want if you are willing to give up your belief that you can't have it."
"An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision."
"The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination."
"In every work of genius, we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty."
"The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled."
"The artist is the creator of beautiful things. Only the critic sees beauty in things."
"Creation is a means of self-interpretation."
"Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem."
"Art is the only way to run away without leaving home."
"The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision."
"Without order, nothing can exist. Without chaos, nothing can evolve."
"To draw, you must close your eyes and sing."
"We do not remember days, we remember moments."
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up."
"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."
"The sculptor is a maker of shapes. I am a sculptor who shapes time."
"Man is the measure of all things."
"The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it."
"Nature is the ultimate guide."
"There is no greater pleasure than to be ruled by your heart and not by your head."
"The painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light."
"Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures."
"The human mind is made for the production of knowledge."
"A great book is a great evil."
"To be able to ask a question clearly is two-thirds of the way to getting it answered."
"Beauty is the purgation of superfluities."
"Art is never finished, only abandoned."
"The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding."
"An artist sees what others only catch a glimpse of."
"Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it."
"In every work of art, the spirit of the artist and the subject matter correspond."
"Knowledge itself is power."
"A thing well done is worth doing."
"The true work of art is but a shadow of the perfection of man."
"Life well spent is long."
"What is done in love is done well."
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."
"Art is the most beautiful of all lies."
"Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions."
"Wisdom begins in wonder."
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