"The painter will produce pictures of little..." - Quote by Leonardo Da Vinci
The painter will produce pictures of little merit if he takes the works of others as his standard.
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“Our life is made by the death of others.”
“Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of pulling out an eel.”
“Having wandered some distance among gloomy rocks, I came to the entrance of a great cavern ... Two contrary emotions arose in me: fear and desire--fear of the threatening dark cavern, desire to see whether there were any marvelous things in it.”
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“Free enterprise has enabled the creative and the acquisitive urges of man to be given expression in a way which benefits all members of society. Let free enterprise fight back now, not for itself, but for all those who believe in freedom.”
“Genius is intellect constructive.”
“People of higher talent work, even if they seem to do nothing”
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“Good taste is the enemy of creativity.”
“People are always talking about originality, but what do they mean? As soon as we are born, the world begins to work upon us, and this goes on to the end.”
“Genius is the ability to act rightly without precedent - the power to do the right thing the first time.”