He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
He who studies medicine without books sails an uncharted sea, but he who studies medicine without patients does not go to sea at all.
The artist discards all theories, both his own and those of others. He forgets everything when he is in front of his canvas.
Learning is the ally, not the adversary of genius... he who reads in a proper spirit, can scarcely read too much.
A captain who does not know where he wants to sail, there is no wind on Earth that will bring him there.
He has only half learned the art of reading who has not added to it the more refined art of skipping and skimming.
He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.
He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.
He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.
The man who voyages strange seas must of necessity be a little unsure of himself. It is the man with the flashy air of knowing everything, who is always with it, that we should beware of.