"Many are they who have a taste..." - Quote by Leonardo Da Vinci

“Tears come from the heart and not from the brain”

“While you are alone you are entirely your own master and if you have one companion you are but half your own, and the less so in proportion to the indiscretion of his behavior.”

“The artist sees what others only catch a glimpse of.”

“To know what you’re going to draw, you have to begin drawing... When I find myself facing a blank page, that’s always going through my head. What I capture in spite of myself interests me more than my own ideas.”

“Matisse makes a drawing, then he makes a copy of it. He copies it five times, ten times, always clarifying the line. He’s convinced that the last, the most stripped down, is the best, the purest, the definitive one; and in fact, most of the time, it was the first. In drawing, nothing is better than the first attempt.”

“Drawing is based upon perspective, which is nothing else than a thorough knowledge of the function of the eye.”

“I know as well as thee that I am no poet bornIt is a trade, I never learnt nor indeed could learnIf I make verses-'tis in spiteOf nature and my stars I write.”

“Open the doors of opportunity to talent and virtue and they will do themselves justice, and property will not be in bad hands.”

“When you've got a player who does what he does at that pace this late in the game than you know you've got an invaluable talent.”