We work not only to produce, but to give value to time.
Glory to that Homer of painting, to that father of warmth and enthusiasm... he really paints men.
The first virtue of a painting is to be a feast for the eyes.
Even when we look at nature, our imagination constructs the picture.
Experience has two things to teach. The first is that we must correct a great deal and the second, that we must not correct too much.
A picture is nothing but a bridge between the soul of the artist and that of the spectator.