A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.
Art • Light • Nature
Just as courage is the danger of life, so is fear its safeguard.
Courage • Fear • Life
Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.
Communication • Influence • Leadership
Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art.
Art • Craftsmanship • Creativity
A beautiful body perishes, but a work of art dies not.
Art • Beauty • Mortality
As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death.
Fulfillment • Happiness • Life
