For since the fabric of the universe is most perfect, and is the work of a most wise Creator, nothing whatsoever takes place in the universe in which some relation of maximum and minimum does not appear. Leonhard Euler
Indeed, what is there that does not appear marvelous when it comes to our knowledge for the first time? How many things, too, are looked upon as quite impossible until they have actually been effected? Pliny the Elder
Was there ever any domination which did not appear natural to those who possessed it. John Stuart Mill
An artist needs knowledge and the power of observation only so that he can tell from what he is abstaining, and to be sure that his abstention will not appear artificial or false. Andrei Tarkovsky
Where art is displayed truth does not appear. Latin Proverb
Dress up a stick and it does not appear to be a stick. Italian Proverb