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Quote by A. Y. Jackson

“Chop your own path. Get off the car track”

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A. Y. Jackson was a renowned Canadian painter, born on October 3, 1882, and passed away on April 5, 1974. His works, which primarily depicted the northern landscapes of Canada and the lives of Indigenous peoples, had a profound impact on the Canadian art scene. more

“The vain presumption of understanding everything can have no other basis than never having understood anything. For anyone who had ever experienced just once the perfect understanding of one single thing, and had truly tasted how knowledge is accomplished, would recognize that of the infinity of other truths he understands nothing.”

Science Understanding Perfect Understood Bases Vain Accomplished Infinity Presumption Understanding Everything

Book:Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Ptolemaic and Copernican, Second Revised Edition

Source: Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Ptolemaic and Copernican, Second Revised Edition

“Among the great men who have philosophized about [the action of the tides], the one who surprised me most is Kepler. He was a person of independent genius, [but he] became interested in the action of the moon on the water, and in other occult phenomena, and similar childishness.”

Men Persons Action Science Water Genius Moon Independent Great Men Tides Occult Childishness Kepler

Author:Galileo Galilei

“Mother went off for three days to New York and Mame and Quentin took instant advantage of her absence to fall sick. Quentin's sickness was surely due to a riot in candy and ice-cream with chocolate sauce.”