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It is necessary to keep one's compass in one's eyes and not in the hand, for the hands execute, but the eye judges. Michelangelo compassexecuteeye Change image and share on social
If we have been pleased with life, we should not be displeased with death, since it comes from the hand of the same master. Michelangelo deathdispleasehand Change image and share on social
Every beauty which is seen here by persons of perception resembles more than anything else that celestial source from which we all are come. Michelangelo beautycelestialperception Change image and share on social
Our thoughts fly therefore by themselves in this festive hour of our plant community, to the man whom we thank for the ressurection of our Nation: Adolf Hitler, the patron of German labour and German art. Gustav Krupp adolfartcommunity share on social
The thrill of a photo-realist painter is if you get really close to the painting, it looks just like a photograph. Whereas in my case, if you get close to my paintings, they totally fall apart - so I'm about as far from a photo-realist as it gets. Marilyn Minter caseclosefall share on social
It is only when you watch the dense mass of thousands of ants, crowded together around the Hill, blackening the ground, that you begin to see the whole beast, and now you observe it thinking, planning, calculating. It is an intelligence, a kind of live computer, with crawling bits for its wits. Lewis Thomas antbeastbegin share on social