Beauty itself is but the sensible image of the Infinite. – Francis Bacon
God almighty first planted a garden: and, indeed, it is the purest of human pleasure. – Francis Bacon
Beauty itself is but the sensible image of the Infinite. – Francis Bacon
God almighty first planted a garden: and, indeed, it is the purest of human pleasure. – Francis Bacon
The person is a poor judge who by an action can be disgraced more in failing than they can be honored in succeeding. – Francis Bacon
Images also help me find and realise ideas. I look at hundreds of very different, contrasting images and I pinch details from them, rather like people who eat from other people – Francis Bacon
Logic is a large drawer, containing some useful instruments, and many more that are superfluous. A wise man will look into it for two purposes, to avail himself of those instruments that are really useful, and to admire the ingenuity with which those that are not so, are assorted and arranged. – Charles Caleb Colton, Lacon