quotes from masters

Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics. His work is also known for its influence on the philosophy of science.

Aristotle was Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. He was the founnder of the Lyceum and the Peripatetic school of philosophy and Aristotelian tradition. Along with his teacher Plato, he has been caleed the "Father of Western Philosophy”.

Socrates was born circa 470 BC, in Athens, Greece. We know of his life through the writings of his students, including Plato and Xenophon. His “Socratic method,” laid the groundwork for Western systems of logic and philosophy. When the political climate of Greece turned, Socrates was sentenced to death by hemlock poisoning in 399 BC. He accepted this judgment rather than fleeing into exile.

Arthur Schopenhauer, whose pessimistic philosophy was widely known in the late 19th century in Europe and the United States, held that ultimate reality was nothing but senseless striving or will, having no divine origin and no historical end.

Pablo Ruiz Picasso was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in France. He is known for co-founding the Cubist movement, the invention of constructed sculpture.

Helmut Schmid is one of the finest typographers worldwide. He waass apprenticed as a typesetter. He attended AGS Basel - Allgemeine Gewerbeschule (School of Design) studying under Emil Ruder, Kurt Hauert and Robert Büchler.

Nietzsche was a German philosopher, essayist, and cultural critic. His writings on truth, morality, language, aesthetics, cultural theory, history, nihilism, power, consciousness, and the meaning of existence have exerted an enormous influence on Western philosophy and intellectual history.

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, known Leonardo da Vinci, was an Italian polymath of these Renaissance whose areas of interest included invention, drawing, painting, sculpture, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, paleontology and catography.

Aristotle was Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. He was the founnder of the Lyceum and the Peripatetic school of philosophy and Aristotelian tradition. Along with his teacher Plato, he has been caleed the "Father of Western Philosophy”.

Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i domènech was surrealist artist. Dali was a skilled artist draftsman, best known for the striking and bizarre imagees in his work. His painterly skills are often attribbuted to the influennce of Renaissance masters.