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Baruch Spinoza11 quotes
Nature abhors a vacuum. — Baruch Spinoza · 1677Man is a social animal. — Baruch Spinoza · 1677It therefore comes to pass that everyone is fond of relating his own exploits and displaying the strength both of his body and his mind, and that men are on this account a nuisance one to the other. — Baruch Spinoza · 1677Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice. — Baruch Spinoza · 1677God and all the attributes of God are eternal. — Baruch Spinoza · 1677The things which...are esteemed as the greatest good of all…can be reduced to these three headings: to wit, Riches, Fame, and Pleasure. With those three the mind is so engrossed that it cannot scarcely think of any other good. — Baruch Spinoza · 1677All 11 quotes →Vincent van Gogh5 quotes
What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything? — Vincent van Gogh · 1881I think the peasant girl is more beautiful than a lady, in her dusty, patched blue skirt and bodice, which get the most delicate hues from weather, wind, and sun. But if she puts on a lady's dress, she loses her peculiar charm. — Vincent van Gogh · 1885I cannot help it that my pictures do not sell. Nevertheless the time will come when people will see that they are worth more than the price of the paint. — Vincent van Gogh · 1888Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is, alas, not so easy as looking at it. — Vincent van Gogh · 1883The best pictures, and from a technical point of view, the most complete, seen from nearby, are but patches of color next to each other, and only make and effect at a certain distance. — Vincent van Gogh · 1885Anne Frank3 quotes
It's a wonder I haven't abandoned all my ideals. They seem so absurd and impractical. Yet I cling to them because I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart. — Anne Frank · 1944What one Christian does is his own responsibility, what one Jew does is thrown back at all Jews. — Anne Frank · 1944I want to go on living even after death! — Anne Frank · 1944Erasmus1 quote
In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king. — Erasmus · 1536Piet Mondrian1 quote
In order to approach the spiritual in art, one employs reality as little as possible... This explains logically why primary forms are employed. Since these forms are abstract, an abstract art comes into being. — Piet Mondrian · 1914