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Things severed shall be united and shall acquire of themselves such virtue that they shall restore to men their lost memory: That is the papyrus sheets, which are formed out of several strips and preserve the memory of the thoughts and deeds of men.

Slender certainty is better than portentous falsehood.

He who wishes to see how the soul inhabits the body should look to see how that body uses its daily surroundings. If the dwelling is dirty and neglected, the 82 body will be kept by its soul in the same condition, dirty and neglected.

The painter or draftsman ought to be solitary, in order that the well-being of the body not sap the vigor of the mind.

O painter, take care lest the greed for gain prove a stronger incentive than renown in art, for to gain this renown is a 80 far greater thing than is the renown of riches.

O painter skilled in anatomy, beware lest the undue prominence of the bones, sinews and muscles cause you to become a wooden painter from the desire to make your nude figures reveal all.

Happy will be those who give ear to the words of the dead: The reading of good works and the observing of their precepts.

Happy will be those who give ear to the words of the dead: The reading of good works and the observing of their precepts.

Study me, reader, if you delight in me, because on very few occasions shall I return to the world, and because the patience for this profession is found in very few, and only in those who wish to compose things anew. Come, oh men, to see the miracles that such studies will disclose to nature.

Study me, reader, if you delight in me, because on very few occasions shall I return to the world, and because the patience for this profession is found in very few, and only in those who wish to compose things anew. Come, oh men, to see the miracles that such studies will disclose to nature.

Fire destroys falsehood, that is sophistry, and restores truth, driving out darkness.

A poet knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

A poet knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

You grow in reputation like bread in the hands of a child.

The mole has very small eyes and it always lives under ground; and it lives as long as it is in the dark but when it comes into the light it dies immediately, because it becomes known; and so it is with lies.

Perspective is the rein and rudder of painting.

The merit of painting lies in the exactness of reproduction. Painting is a science and all sciences are based on mathematics. No human inquiry can be a science unless it pursues its path through m a t h e m a t i c a l e x p o s i t i o n a n d demonstration.

Thirst will parch your tongue and your body will waste through lack of sleep ere you can describe in words that which painting instantly sets before the eye.

Thirst will parch your tongue and your body will waste through lack of sleep ere you can describe in words that which painting instantly sets before the eye.

He who can copy can do.

What induces you, oh man, to depart from your home in town, to leave parents and friends, and go to the countryside 72 over mountains and valleys, if it is not for the beauty of the world of nature?

The painter will produce pictures of little merit if he takes the works of others as his standard.

It is better to imitate ancient than modern work.

An artist who lacks the power of self-criticism accomplishes but little. It is good if your work stands higher than your own opinion of it; bad if it is on the same level. 68 But it is a great disaster if your work stands lower than your judgment of it.