The acquisition of knowledge is always of use to the intellect, because it may thus drive out useless things and retain the good. For nothing can be loved or hated unless it is first known.

The supreme misfortune is when theory outstrips performance

The painter who has no doubt about his own ability will attain very little.

I roamed the countryside searching for answers to things I did not understand.

The fox when it sees a flock of herons or magpies or birds of that kind, suddenly flings himself on the ground with his mouth open to look as he were dead; and these birds want to peck at his tongue, and he bites off their heads.

The truth of things is the chief nutriment of superior intellects.

We, by our arts may be called the grandsons of God.