It had long since come to my attention that people of accomp... - Leonardo da Vinci

"Make your work to be in keeping with your purpose"

"A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light."

"Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art."

"As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death."

"Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen."