Daniel Coenn: 168 books

This book is a collection of 161 fundamental quotes and aphorisms of Buddha: "You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection." "What we think, we become." "You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished by your anger."...

This book is a collection of 172 fundamental quotes and aphorisms of Arthur Schopenhauer: "Life without pain has no meaning." "The world is my idea." "Truth is most beautiful undraped." "Truth is no prostitute that throws herself away upon those who do not desire...

This book is a collection of 213 fundamental quotes and aphorisms of Confucius. It grants his reflections on subjects ranging from Goverment and Ruler to Art of Life: "Do not do unto others what you do not want others to do unto you." "Act with kindness but do not expect gratitude."...

This book is a collection of 226 fundamental quotes and aphorisms of Friedrich Nietzsche: "All I need is a sheet of paper; and something to write with, and then; I can turn the world upside down." "That which does not kill us makes us stronger." "You must have chaos within...

This book is a collection of 225 fundamental quotes and aphorisms of Laozi: "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." "He who speaks does not know; he who knows does not speak." "Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing." "Without...

Leonardo, like his contemporary Christopher Columbus, possessed an insatiable curiosity and desire for discovery of unknown worlds. Only observation, says many times Leonardo, is the key to knowledge and understanding. Throughout his life Leonardo seeks to understand and control the nature....

This book is a collection of 80 fundamental quotes and aphorisms of Nikola Tesla: Let the future tell the truth and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine. Money does not represent such a value as men have...

This book is a collection of 225 fundamental quotes and aphorisms of Plato: "I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing." "Ideas are the source of all things" "If women are expected to do the same work as men, we must teach them the same...

This book is a collection of 91 fundamental quotes and aphorisms of Jose Marti: "Others go to bed with their mistresses; I with my ideas." "A selfish man is a thief." "Peoples are made of hate and of love, and more of hate than love. But love, like the sun that it is, sets...

Domenico Ghirlandaio was one of the most popular Florentine artists of his time. He received his training in the workshop of Baldovinetti. Later, the work of Verrocchio in particular made an impression on him. Ghirlandaio's compositional representation was simultaneously imposing and respectable....

Lorenzo Lotto was a Northern Italian painter, draughtsman and illustrator, traditionally placed in the Venetian school. He painted mainly altarpieces, religious subjects and portraits. While he was active during the High Renaissance, his nervous and eccentric posing and distortions represent a transitional...

  "Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing." Camille Pissarro Camille Pissarro was French artist, the only painter to show in all eight of the Impressionist exhibitions between 1874 and 1886, and he is frequently...

  William Blake was English Romantic artist, draughtsman, engraver, philosopher, and poet. He possessed visionary powers and in art as in life was an individualist who made a standard of nonconformity. Blake had a prejudice against painting in oils on canvas and experimented with a variety...

Katsushika Hokusai was a brilliant artist, ukiyo-e painter and print maker, best known for his wood block print series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji, which contain the prints The Great Wave and Fuji in Clear Weather. These prints are famous both in Japan and overseas, and have left a lasting image...