Talent does whatever it wants to do. Genius does only what it can.
The first virtue of a painting is to be a feast for the eyes.
The source of genius is imagination alone, the refinement of the senses that sees what others do not see, or sees them differently.
A taste for simplicity cannot last for long.
Nature creates unity even in the parts of a whole.
Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who can't attain it in anything.