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"I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do."

Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519)

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science."

Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)

"I have not tired of the wilderness; rather I enjoy its beauty and the vagrant life I lead, more keenly all the time. I prefer the saddle to the streetcar and star-sprinkled sky to a roof, the obscure and difficult trail, leading into the unknown to any paved highway, and the deep peace of the wild to the discontent bred by cities."

Everett Ruess (1914 - 1934) - from the last letter Ruess sent to his brother, dated November 11, 1934

"Scientists look for beauty in truth, and artists look for truth in beauty."

Unknown

"Art arises when the secret vision of the artist and the manifestation of nature agree to find new shapes."

Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931)

"When I'm working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong."

R. Buckminster Fuller (1895 - 1983)

"The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life."

William Faulkner (1897 - 1962)

"Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life."

Sandra Carey

"If you are all wrapped up in yourself, you are overdressed."

Kate Halvorsen

"Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimension."

Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809 - 1894)

"Study the science of art, and the art of science."

Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519)

"Even if you're on the right track,
you'll get run over if you just sit there."

Arthur Godfrey (1903 - 1983)

"Nearly all men can stand adversity,
but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."