Neither art nor wisdom may be attained without learning.

There is no short cut to acheivement.

There are no shortcuts to knowledge, especially knowledge gained from personal experience. Following conventional wisdom and relying on shortcuts can be worse than knowing nothing at all.

There is no road or ready way to virtue.

[T]here are no rules in painting and.. ..the oppression, or servile obligation, of making all study or follow the same path is a great impediment for the Young who profess this very difficult art that approaches the divine more than any other.

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going

There is no fixed road to wealth, and money has no permanent master.

There is no royal road to geometry. (μὴ εἶναι βασιλικὴν ἀτραπὸν ἐπί γεωμετρίαν, Non est regia [inquit Euclides] ad Geometriam via)

There are no short cuts to any place worth going.

There is no shortcut to success.

It is obvious that art cannot teach anyone anything, since in four thousand years humanity has learnt nothing at all.

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.

There is no such thing as being done with an artistic life. Frustrations and rewards exist at all levels on the path.

[A]dministration is an art as painting is an art; and ... no book can teach the practice of either.