Leonardo da Vinci: Painting embraces and contains within itself all the things which nature produces or which results from the fortuitous a

Painting embraces and contains within itself all the things which nature produce — Leonardo da Vinci

Painting embraces and contains within itself all the things which nature produces or which results from the fortuitous actions of men... he is but a poor master who makes only a single figure well.

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Nietzsche's criticism can be reduced to one proposition: modern man has been try — Friedrich Nietzsche
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My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My love as deep; the more I give to thee, — Shakespeare