"He who draws... ought to take his position so that the eye of the figure he is drawing is on a level with his own... because, generally, figures or people whom you meet in the streets all have their eyes at the same level as yours, and if you make them higher or lower you will find that your portrait will not resemble them."

-- Leonardo da Vinci

#Eye Quotes #Drawing Quotes #People Quotes

“When you get successful, you can do pretty much whatever you want.”
“My men have suffered greatly (from boredom), much blood has been shed (by mosquitoes), and I have swung my ax mightily (chopping firewood). Surely we have earned our place in the annals of historyâ€”for never has there been so little war in a war.”
“Set theory in sheep's clothing.”
“You have to be willing - you have strong ideas, you have strong views, but you have to be willing also to look at experience.”
“In 1854 I took out a patent for puddling iron by means of steam.”

Source : James Nasmyth (2010). “James Nasmyth, Engineer: An Autobiography”, p.301, BoD – Books on Demand
“This cures everything except stupidity, which is an epidemic on the rise.”
“Of all unfortunate men one of the unhappiest is a middling author endowed with too lively a sensibility for criticism.”
“Though the sex to which I belong is considered weak you will nevertheless find me a rock that bends to no wind.”

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