What Makes Sovereign Ugliness Are Our Conventions.

Nature Is A Dictionary; One Draws Words From It.

At A Distance This Fine Oak Seems To Be Of Ordinary Size. But If I Place Myself Under Its Branches, The Impression Changes Completely: I See It As Big, And Even Terrifying In Its Bigness.

Experience Has Two Things To Teach. The First Is That We Must Correct A Great Deal And The Second, That We Must Not Correct Too Much.

If You Are Not Skillful Enough To Sketch A Man Jumping Out Of A Window In The Time It Takes Him To Fall From The Fourth Storey To The Ground, You Will Never Be Able To Produce Great Works.

Nourish Yourself With Grand And Austere Ideas Of Beauty That Feed The Soul Seek Solitude.