
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci (1938), XXIX Precepts of the Painter
Quote in a letter to Delacroix' friend J. B. Pierret, 23 October 1818, from the Forest of Boixe; as quoted in Eugene Delacroix – selected letters 1813 – 1863, ed. and transl. Jean Stewart, art Works MFA publications, Museum of Fine Art Boston, 2001, p. 43
1815 - 1830
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci (1938), XXIX Precepts of the Painter
“Limited in his nature, infinite in his desires, man is a fallen god who remembers the heavens.”
Méditations Poétiques (1820), Sermon 2
Kenneth Noland, p. 9
Conversation with Karen Wilkin' (1986-1988)
“An art thief is a man who takes pictures.”
Books, Napalm and Silly Putty (2001)
Ecrits pour l'art, ed. Henrietta Galle Paris 1908/Marseille (1980).
Paris 1923
As quoted in Futurism, ed. Didier Ottinger; Centre Pompidou / 5 Continents Editions, Milan, 2008, p. 312
Quotes, 1920's
“The great man is the one who does not lose his child's heart.”
Book 4, pt. 2, v. 12
Variant translations by Lin Yutang:
A great man is one who has not lost the child's heart.
A great man is he who has not lost the heart of a child.
The Mencius
Preface, p. vi
Indian Thought And Its Development (1936)