I always think of myself not so much as a painter but as a medium for accident and chance.
Francis BaconMen leave their riches either to their kindred or their friends, and moderate portions prosper best in both.
Francis BaconBut this is that which will dignify and exalt knowledge: if contemplation and action be more nearly and straitly conjoined and united together than they have been: a conjunction like unto that of the highest planets, Saturn, the planet of rest and contemplation, and Jupiter, the planet of civil society and action.
Francis Bacon