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“Music is the most abstract of the arts and it expresses the sound of the universe itself. These are the real rhythms that stimulate the artist's mind and guide his hand.”

Mind Art Real Hands Artist Universe Sound Music Music Is Guides Rhythm Abstract

Author:Robert Genn

“Can there be any greater dotage in the world than for one to guide and direct his courses by the sound of a bell, and not by his own judgment.”

World Courses Sound Greater Judgment Direct Guides Bells

Book:Gargantua and Pantagruel: Five Books of the Lives, Heroic Deeds and Sayings of Gargantua and his Son Pantagruel

Source: Gargantua and Pantagruel: Five Books of the Lives, Heroic Deeds and Sayings of Gargantua and his Son Pantagruel

“Sound, sound the trump of Fame! Let Washington's great name Ring through the world with loud applause; Let every clime to Freedom dear Listen with a joyful ear. With equal skill, with god-like power, He governs in the fearful hour Of horrid war, or guides with ease, The happier times of honest peace.”

World War Names Sound Hours Honest Trump Fame Skills Equal Ears Dear Guides Rings Ease Loud Fearful Joyful Applause Happier Times

Author:Joseph Hopkinson

“Those who are in love with practice without knowledge are like the sailor who gets into a ship without rudder or compass and who never can be certain whether he is going. Practice must always be founded on sound theory, and to this Perspective is the guide and the gateway; and without this nothing can be done well in the matter of drawing.”

Wells Matter Done Certain Sound Practice Theory Perspective Guides Drawing Ships Compass Sailor Gateways Rudders

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Leonardo da Vinci (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Leonardo da Vinci (Illustrated)

“Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life. It is only found in men of sound sense and understanding.”

Men Reason Found Understanding Sound Duty Judgment Perfection Guides Discretion

Author:Jean de la Bruyere

“A sound head, an honest heart, and an humble spirit are the three best guides through time and to eternity.”

Heart Character Spirit Three Sound Honest Eternity Humble Guides Rough Times

Author:Walter Scott

“Write what you know. Every guide for the aspiring author advises this. Because I live in a long-settled rural place, I know certain things. I know the feel of a newborn lamb's damp, tight-curled fleece and the sharp sound a well-bucket chain makes as it scrapes on stone. But more than these material things, I know the feelings that flourish in small communities. And I know other kinds of emotional truths that I believe apply across the centuries.”