The first object of the painter is to make a flat plane appear as a body in relief and projecting from that plane.
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Good writing comes from good talent.
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The boundaries of bodies are the least of all things.
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We may call painting the grandchild of nature.
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How painting surpasses all human works by reason of the subtle possibilities which it contains.
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Here is a thing which the more you fear and avoid it the nearer you approach to it, and this is misery; the more you flee from it the more miserable and restless you will become.
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Avoid studies of which the result dies with the worker.
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Our body is dependent on heaven and heaven on the Spirit.
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Truth is so excellent, that if it praises but small things they become noble.
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The senses are of the earth, the reason s t a n d s a p a r t f r o m t h e m i n contemplation.
