"Properly speaking, such work is never finished;..." - Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

“A great scholar is seldom a great philosopher.”

“Stupidity is without anxiety.”

“If thou wouldst hear what seemly is and fit, inquire of noble woman; they can tell, who in life's common usage hold their place by graceful deed and aptly chosen word.”

“Each man has an aptitude born with him. Do your work.”

“To escape boredom, man works either beyond what his usual needs require, or else he invents play, that is, work that is designed to quiet no need other than that for working in general.”

“All professional men are handicapped by not being allowed to ignore things which are useless.”

“Things perfected by nature are better than those finished by art.”

“He did each single thing as if he did nothing else.”

“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.”