Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?

Life being only a fraction of a second in eternity, one should at least make it bearable.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; genius hits a target no one else can see.

-- Arthur Schopenhauer

The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution.

-- Hannah Arendt

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.

-- Bertrand Russell

For truly art lies hidden in nature; whoever can draw it out possesses it.

-- Albrecht Dürer

To paint a beautiful woman I would need to see many, but since beautiful women are scarce, I make use of a certain idea that comes to my mind.

-- Raphael

Painting is poetry that is seen and not heard, and poetry is painting that is heard and not seen.

-- Leonardo da Vinci