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“Wisdom is the daughter of experience,” Michelangelo”
― Oil and Marble: A Novel of Leonardo and Michelangelo
― Oil and Marble: A Novel of Leonardo and Michelangelo

“With the explosion of books, people were more likely to rely on the theories of other men instead of learning from their own experiences. That path led to the regurgitation of old ideas, not newly formed thoughts. With a large library, people would no longer memorize facts, but look up whatever they wanted to know in a book.”
― Oil and Marble: A Novel of Leonardo and Michelangelo
― Oil and Marble: A Novel of Leonardo and Michelangelo

“Chaos erupting into beauty. That’s art.”
― Oil and Marble: A Novel of Leonardo and Michelangelo
― Oil and Marble: A Novel of Leonardo and Michelangelo

“think … the greater danger for most of us is not in aiming too high and falling short, but in aiming too low and hitting the mark.” “I”
― Oil and Marble: A Novel of Leonardo and Michelangelo
― Oil and Marble: A Novel of Leonardo and Michelangelo

“A drop of ocean water had the ambition to rise high into the air. So, with the help of fire, it rose as vapor, but when it flew so high that the air turned cold, it froze and fell from the sky as rain. The parched soil drank up the little drop and imprisoned it for a long time: punishment for its greedy ambition. You’re”
― Oil and Marble: A Novel of Leonardo and Michelangelo
― Oil and Marble: A Novel of Leonardo and Michelangelo
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