A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.

Picture Quote by Leonardo Da Vinci

A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.

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Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is...

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Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is...

Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he...

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Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he...

Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned...

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Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned...

Simplicity is the ultimate form of sophistication

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Simplicity is the ultimate form of sophistication

Learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else.

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Learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else.

Knowing is not enough. We must apply. Willing is not enough. We must do.

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Knowing is not enough. We must apply. Willing is not enough. We must do.

I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I...

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I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I...

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom

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Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom

Intelligence - not because you think you know everything without questioning, but rather because you...

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Intelligence - not because you think you know everything without questioning, but rather because you...

I am driven by two main philosophies, know more about the world than I knew...

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I am driven by two main philosophies, know more about the world than I knew...

It's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be...

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It's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be...

If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.

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If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.

A fool despises good counsel but a wise man takes it to heart

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A fool despises good counsel but a wise man takes it to heart

The only free people in this world are slaves to knowledge.

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The only free people in this world are slaves to knowledge.

Imagination is more important than knowledge. For while knowledge defines all we currently know and...

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Imagination is more important than knowledge. For while knowledge defines all we currently know and...

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life,...

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Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life,...

Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge

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Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge

Always believe in what you know about me and not in what you heard about...

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Always believe in what you know about me and not in what you heard about...

Any fool can know. The point is to understand.

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Any fool can know. The point is to understand.