History maketh a young man to be old, without either wrinkles or gray hairs; privileging him with the experience of age, without either the infirmities or inconveniences thereof. – Thomas Fuller
Painting and sculpture are very archaic forms. Its the only thing left in our industrial society where an individual alone can make something with not just his own hands, but brains, imagination, heart maybe. – Philip Guston
It is better to do ones own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature reveals it, never sins. – Lao Tzu