Noi tutti siamo esiliati
entro lo cornici di uno strano quadro.
Chi sa questo, viva da grande,
Gli altri sono insetti.

But the noblest painters, — Michelangelo and Raphael, Titian and Leonardo, — in addition to possessing the solid grasp of technical mastery, reflected some aspect of their nation's life and civilization.

An average human looks without seeing, listens without hearing, touches without feeling, eats without tasting, moves without physical awareness, inhales without awareness of odour or fragrance, and talks without thinking.