“If thou shouldst paint mountains in a good style and to look natural, take some large stones full of cracks and copy them.” IfsLooksNaturalStyleMountainModelsStonesPaintCopiesCracks Author:Cennino Cennini
“When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it.” LooksHelpingSeemsRocksHundredDeterminationPerseveranceCracksWill And DeterminationDetermination MotivationalDetermination Perseverance Author:Jacob August Riis
“While we only look at Nature it is fair to say that Autumn is the end of the year; but it is still more true that Autumn is the beginning of the year.... Autumn is the time when in fact the leaves bud. Leaves wither because winter begins; but they also wither because spring is already beginning, because new buds are being made, as tiny as percussion caps out of which the spring will crack.... It is only an optical illusion that my flowers die in autumn; for in reality they are born.” YearsLooksMadeStillsEndsFactsRealityDiesBornFlowerSpringIllusionFairsWinterTinyAutumnCracksCapsBudPercussionOptical Illusions Author:Karel Capek