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  • Dali was Renaissance man converted to psychoanalysis.

  • I think that Shakespeare had his male side and his female side extremely well developed. And this was a great quality of the Elizabethan, all-around Renaissance man. They were not afraid of their male side and their female side co-existing. This somewhere along the line got lost. And then it got misunderstood.

  • In the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, man's dispute with madness was dramatic debate in which he confronted the secret powers of the world; the experience of madness was clouded by images of the Fall and the Will of God, of the Beast and the Metamorphosis, and of all the marvelous secrets of Knowledge

    Fall   Men   Secret  
    Michel Foucault (2013). “Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason”, p.12, Vintage
  • I am what I have always been: the last Renaissance man, if I may be allowed to say so.

    Men   Renaissance   May  
    "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
  • I'm a poet. I'm just a renaissance man in my heart. I can build shelves and I can write poetry.

    Writing   Heart   Men  
    "'Captain America: Civil War': Anthony Mackie on What It Will Take For Him to Buy Grindr". Interview with Matt Goldberg, collider.com. March 9, 2016.
  • If you want to get an interesting perspective do not think of Hugh as a traditional 20th century physicist but more of a Renaissance man with interests and skills in many different areas. He was smart and lots of things interested him and he brought the same general conceptual methodology to solve them. The subject matter was not so important as the solution ideas.

    Smart   Men   Thinking  
  • And gentlemen in England now-a-bed Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.

    'Henry V' (1599) act 4, sc. 3, l. 35
  • I live the life of the last Renaissance man.

  • I feel, sometimes, as the renaissance man must have felt in finding new riches at every point and in the certainty that unexplored areas of knowledge and experience await at every turn.

    Knowledge   Science   Men  
  • I was determined to make Renaissance Man Food Services and Herschel's Famous 34 major players in a very tough industry.

    Herschel Walker, Gary Brozek, Jerry Mungadze, Charlene Maxfield (2009). “Breaking Free: My Life with Dissociative Identity Disorder”, p.2, Simon and Schuster
  • The term 'renaissance man' is always bandied about. I don't think that applies to me. You think about Leonardo da Vinci, and he was a painter and a physicist and an architect, and that is a true renaissance man.

  • A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

    Time Enough for Love "Intermission" (1973)
  • Nobody I know is as committed to excellence as Donald Palmisano. He symbolizes everything that is good about our country. If Horatio Alger were alive today, heʼd want to be just like Dr. Palmisano, one of the true Renaissance men Iʼve had the privilege and pleasure of knowing! On Leadership continues in his tradition of excellence.

    Country   Men   Knowing  
  • And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered- We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother

    Brother   Blood   Band  
    'Henry V' (1599) act 4, sc. 3, l. 35
  • I would certainly never consider myself a Renaissance Man; I'm not fit to look at the dust from the chariot wheels of many of those who have gone before me.

    Men   Dust   Looks  
  • From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered- We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition; And gentlemen in England now-a-bed Shall think themselves accurs’d they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s day.

    'Henry V' (1599) act 4, sc. 3, l. 35
  • The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.

    Leonardo Da Vinci, General Press (2016). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”, p.444, GENERAL PRESS
  • Love shows itself more in adversity than in prosperity; as light does, which shines most where the place is darkest.

    Love   Life   Adversity  
    "Da Vinci Notebooks".
  • Renaissance man, woman, either way it's a worthy pursuit! Like the painters of Emilia's day, I was raised in an environment that encouraged creative expression. Both my parents were artists, who didn't think much of TV and refused to upgrade our old black and white set. To entertain myself, I made art and wrote puppet shows.

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  • You don't know Jay-Z's scedule. He's a renaissance man.

  • What's up?" Christian asked. "Need some hairstyling tips?" "Tips you stole from me? No thanks. But I hear you've got a really good bacon meatloaf recipe." It was worth it then and there to see his complete and total surprise. "Since when do you cook?" he finally managed to stammer. "Oh, you know. I'm a Renaissance man. I do it all. Send it if you've got it, and I'll give it a try. I'll let you know if I make any improvements." His smirk returned. "Are you trying to impress a girl?" "With cooking?" I pointed at my face. "This is all it takes, Ozera.

    Girl   Christian   Men  
  • What is fair in men, passes away, but not so in art

    Art   Men   Passing Away  
    Leonardo Da Vinci (2011). “Da Vinci Notebooks”, p.93, Profile Books
  • Wisdom is the daughter of experience

    Leonardo Da Vinci (2015). “Thoughts on Art and Life: "Behind the Genius"”, p.31, eKitap Projesi
  • Reprove your friend in secret and praise him openly.

    Leonardo da Vinci (2008). “Notebooks”, p.267, OUP Oxford
  • I admire most of all The Renaissance Man, and if it can be said without pretentiousness, I like to think of myself as one, at least in some small measure. Not a Michelangelo, mark you, but perhaps a poor man's Cellini or a road company Cosimo de' Medici ... the Renaissance Man did a number of things, many of them well, a few beautifully. He was no damned specialist.

    Men   Thinking   Numbers  
  • We few. We happy few. We band of brothers, for he today That sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother.

    'Henry V' (1599) act 4, sc. 3, l. 35
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