Blaise Pascal Painting Quotations

How vain painting is-we admire the realistic depiction of objects which in their original state we don't admire at all.

Eloquence is the painting of thought ...

What a strange vanity painting is; it attracts admiration by resembling the original, we do not admire.

How vain is painting, which is admired for reproducing the likeness of things whose originals are not admired.

How vain painting is, exciting admiration by its resemblance to things of which we do not admire the originals.

Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts.