The mind of the painter must resemble a mirror, which always takes the colour of the object it reflects and is completely occupied by the images of as many objects as are in front of it.
It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.
I have wasted my hours.
Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.
Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge.
Just as courage is the danger of life, so is fear its safeguard.
