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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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.

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

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...

Art is the stored honey of the human soul.

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Art is the stored honey of the human soul.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he...

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Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he...

Every artist was first an amateur.

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Every artist was first an amateur.

Art never comes from happiness

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Art never comes from happiness

Art and love are the same thing: Itâ€™s the process of seeing yourself in things...

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Art and love are the same thing: Itâ€™s the process of seeing yourself in things...

Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.

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Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.

I am the lover of uncontained and immortal beauty

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I am the lover of uncontained and immortal beauty

I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind...

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I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind...

Every artists was first an amateur

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Every artists was first an amateur

Everything you can imagine is real

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Everything you can imagine is real

If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist,...

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If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist,...

If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint

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If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint

Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working

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Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working

I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the...

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I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the...

Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's...

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Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's...

We love the things we love for what they are.

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We love the things we love for what they are.