My father suffered much and toiled painfully all his life, for he had no resources other than the proceeds of his trade from which to support himself and his wife and family.

If a man devotes himself to art, much evil is avoided that happens otherwise if one is idle.

Help us to recognize your voice, help us not to be allured by the madness of the world, so that we may never fall away from you, O Lord Jesus Christ.

Why has God given me such magnificent talent? It is a curse as well as a great blessing.

Simplicity is the greatest adornment of art.

Sane judgment abhors nothing so much as a picture perpetrated with no technical knowledge, although with plenty of care and diligence.

I hold that the perfection of form and beauty is contained in the sum of all men.