Learning is the only thing the mind never tires of, never fears, and never regrets.

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

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

You must learn all things: both the steadfast heart of well-rounded Truth and the opinions of mortals, in which there is no true trust.

-- Parmenides

For thinking and Being are the same.

-- Parmenides

Art does not need us, but we need art.

-- Kazimir Malevich

Those who understand that things arise dependently know them to be empty.

-- Nagarjuna

Knowing is the beginning of action; action is the completion of knowing.

-- Wang Yangming

The world is my representation.

-- Arthur Schopenhauer