It's always hopeless to talk about painting - one never does anything but talk around it.
Francis BaconOf all the things in nature, the formation and endowment of man was singled out by the ancients.
Francis BaconNeither the naked hand nor the understanding left to itself can effect much. It is by instruments and helps that the work is done, which are as much wanted for the understanding as for the hand. And as the instruments of the hand either give motion or guide it, so the instruments of the mind supply either suggestions for the understanding or cautions.
Francis Bacon