I hold that the perfection of form and beauty is contained in the sum of all men.
Simplicity is the greatest adornment of art.
No single man can be taken as a model for a perfect figure, for no man lives on earth who is endowed with the whole of beauty.
As I grew older, I realized that it was much better to insist on the genuine forms of nature, for simplicity is the greatest adornment of art.
Geometry is the foundation of all painting.
Love and delight are better teachers than compulsion.