If I were of the trade, I should naturalize art as much as they "artialize" nature.
Michel de MontaigneEvery one's true worship was that which he found in use in the place where he chanced to be.
Michel de MontaigneI turn my gaze inward. I fix it there and keep it busy. I look inside myself. I continually observe myself.
Michel de MontaigneI am one of those who hold that poetry is never so blithe as in a wanton and irregular subject.
Michel de MontaigneIn his commerce with men I mean him to include- and that principally- those who live only in the memory of books. By means of history he will frequent those great souls of former years. If you want it to be so, history can be a waste of time; it can also be, if you want it to be so, a study bearing fruit beyond price.
Michel de Montaigne