Art & Creativity Sayings

55 sayings found from the Early Modern era from 55 authors

But O, the heavy change, now thou art gone, Now thou art gone, and never must return!

— John Milton 1637
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Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.

— Jonathan Swift 1706
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I am not a painter, but a sculptor.

— Michelangelo c. 1508
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I would rather write 10,000 notes than a single letter of the alphabet.

— Ludwig van Beethoven Unknown
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Melody is the essence of music.

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Unknown
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Music is the sound of God's voice.

— Johann Sebastian Bach c. 1720-1750
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I paint with my mind, not with my hands.

— Raphael c. 1515
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I will paint the face of a beggar as well as that of an emperor.

— Caravaggio Uncertain, early 17th century
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The waves are my music, and the wind is my song.

— Ferdinand Magellan N/A
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The riches of this land are beyond imagination.

— Francisco Pizarro 1532
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The world is much larger than we imagined.

— Vasco da Gama 1499
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I found that part of the island towards the south to be all in tail like a woman’s leg.

— Christopher Columbus 1492
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I have seen no inland part of any country so barren as this.

— Captain James Cook 1770
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There is but One God. His Name is Truth. He is the Creator. He fears none. He is without enmity. He is timeless, unborn, self-existent. By the Guru's Grace, He is met.

— Guru Nanak c. 15th-16th century CE
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A prince must not have any other object nor any other thought… but war, its institutions, and its discipline; because that is the only art befitting one who commands.

— Machiavelli 1532
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