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“Although the poet has as wide a choice of subjects as the painter, his creations fail to afford as much satisfaction to mankind as do paintings... if the poet serves the understanding by way of the ear, the painter does so by the eye, which is the nobler sense.”

Ifs Way Doe Eye Choices Understanding Failing Subjects Mankind Creation Painting Poet Ears Satisfaction Wide Painter

Author:Leonardo da Vinci

“Painting, art in general, enchants me. It is my life. What else matters? When you put all your soul into a work, all that is noble in you, you cannot fail to find a kindred soul who understands you, and you do not need a host of such spirits. Is not that all an artist should wish for?”

Needs Should Art Soul Matter Spirit Desire Artist Wish Failing Painting Noble Your Soul Host Kindred Painting Art

Book:Camille Pissarro: letters to his son Lucien

Source: Camille Pissarro: letters to his son Lucien

“As age comes on, one source of enjoyment after another is closed, but Nature's sources never fail. Like a generous host, she offers her brimming cups in endless variety, served in a grand hall, the sky its ceiling, the mountains its walls, decorated with glorious paintings and enlivened with bands of music ever playing.”

Age Failing Sky Painting Source Wall Offers Band Mountain Endless Cups Variety Generous Enjoyment Glorious Halls Host Ceilings

Book:The American Wilderness: In the Words of John Muir

Source: The American Wilderness: In the Words of John Muir

“The interesting thing is that in everyday life, I fail to see the most ordinary things. I often stumble and sometimes I even fall over. But when I draw or look at a painting, I go into a sort of overdrive and just see things differently than other people.”

People Looks Sometimes Fall Interesting Failing Painting Draws Ordinary Everyday Everyday Life Interesting Things Ordinary Things Overdrive

Author:Wolfgang Beltracchi

“What I need is courage, and this often fails me. And it is also a fact that since my disease, when I am in the fields I am overwhelmed by a feeling of loneliness to such a horrible extent that I shy away from going out. But this will change all the same as time goes on. Only when I stand a painting before my easel do I feel somewhat alive. Never mind, this is going to change too, for now my health is so good that I suppose the physical part of me will gain the victory.”

Needs Feels Mind Facts Feelings Alive Failing Loneliness Fields Painting Goes On Victory Disease Gains Horrible Shy Going Out Overwhelmed Time Goes On

Book:Van Gogh, letters from Provence

Source: Van Gogh, letters from Provence

“The problem with success is that you lose the capacity to fail and the capacity to surprise people. So, if I'm able to surprise myself every day, I can surprise you as well. If I enjoy someone's work and they offer me their project, I do it. So what's the point of the supposed creativity? If Mona Lisa could be made by anyone, then it wouldn't have been the most beautiful painting in the world. The knowledge that you can fail can make you come first.”

People Ifs World Firsts Wells Has Beens Made I Can Problem Able Beautiful Enjoy Loses Creativity Failing Painting Offers Projects Capacity Surprise Mona Lisa Beautiful Paintings

Author:Shahrukh Khan