Every artist was first an amateur.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Art Quotes

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

For me, commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of...

For me, commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of...

These times of ours are serious and full of calamity, but all times are essentially...

These times of ours are serious and full of calamity, but all times are essentially...

When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.

When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.

The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.

The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.

I am treating you as my friend, asking you to share my present minuses in...

I am treating you as my friend, asking you to share my present minuses in...

Do not waste yourself in rejection; do not bark against the bad, but chant the...

Do not waste yourself in rejection; do not bark against the bad, but chant the...

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

The solar system has no anxiety about its reputation

The solar system has no anxiety about its reputation

Proverbs, like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary of the intuitions.

Proverbs, like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary of the intuitions.

The prayer of the farmer kneeling in his field to weed it, the prayer of...

The prayer of the farmer kneeling in his field to weed it, the prayer of...

To be simple is to be great

To be simple is to be great

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do...

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do...

To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage

To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage

There is no knowledge that is not power

There is no knowledge that is not power

Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass...

Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass...

No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.

No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.

You cannot see the mountain near

You cannot see the mountain near

Vision looks inward and becomes duty.Vision looks outward and becomes aspiration.Vision looks upward and becomes...

Vision looks inward and becomes duty.Vision looks outward and becomes aspiration.Vision looks upward and becomes...

The superpowers often behave like two heavily armed blind men feeling their way around a...

The superpowers often behave like two heavily armed blind men feeling their way around a...