I would have artists be convinced that the supreme skill and art in painting consists in knowing how to use black and white... because it is light and shade that make objects appear in relief.

Beauty is the adjustment of all parts proportionately so that one cannot add or subtract or change without impairing the harmony of the whole.

I certainly consider a great appreciation of painting to be the best indication of a most perfect mind.

A common error of ignorance is to maintain that what one does not know does not exist.

No art, however minor, demands less than total dedication if you want to excel in it.

A man can do all things if he will.

We must always take from nature what we paint and always choose the most beautiful things.

It is very rarely granted even to Nature herself to produce anything absolutely perfect in every part.

There is no art which has not had its beginnings in things full of errors. Nothing is at the same time both new and perfect.

When I investigate and when I discover that the forces of the heavens and the planets are within ourselves, then truly I seem to be living among the gods.

The city is like a great house, and the house in its turn a small city.

Blessed are you, who faced many adversities. You will be strengthen and soften.

I can not travel into my past, without consent of the future me.

The Sun is a mass of fiery stone, a little larger than Greece.

Art is changing. Again. Here. Now. Opportunities to witness this are rare, so attend and observe.

President Obama has made it clear that the United States is determined to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.

The past in the hands of historians is not what it was.

No one is forgotten. It is a lie, any talk of God that does not comfort you.

There are many more secrets in the world that are waiting to be found. The question of how many secrets exist in our world is roughly equivalent to how many startups people should start.

What I liked about working with Palmbomen and him being a super crate digger and super well known with all this exotic and unfamiliar music to me.

I am the Jesus Christ of politics. I am a patient victim, I put up with everyone, I sacrifice myself for everyone.