Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban PC KCwas an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, and author. He served both as Attorney General and as Lord Chancellor of England. After his death, he remained extremely influential through his works, especially as philosophical advocate and practitioner of the scientific method during the scientific revolution...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth21 January 1561
art believe magic
I don't believe art is available; it's rare and curious and should be completely isolated; one is more aware of its magic the more it is isolated.
illustration perfect balance
Velazquez found the perfect balance between the ideal illustration which he was required to produce, and the overwhelming emotion he aroused in the spectator.
artist museums years
Some artists leave remarkable things which, a 100 years later, don't work at all. I have left my mark; my work is hung in museums, but maybe one day the Tate Gallery or the other museums will banish me to the cellar... you never know.
He that hath knowledge spareth his words.
business fall fate
Fortune is like the market, where, many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall.
life birthday age
Life, an age to the miserable, and a moment to the happy.
communication long brain
Some paint comes across directly onto the nervous system and other paint tells you the story in a long diatribe through the brain.
thinking artist people
I don't think people are born artists; I think it comes from a mixture of your surroundings, the people you meet, and luck.
memories men names
For my name and memory I leave to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations and the next ages.
change innovation growth
As the births of living creatures are at first ill-shapen, so are all innovations, which are the births of time.
men littles suspicion
There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little.
fall knowledge angel
The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.
adversity blessing christian-inspirational
Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.
memories shapes please
Pictures and shapes are but secondary objects and please or displease only in the memory.