The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
It's not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what we gain but what we save that makes us rich; not what we read but what we remember that makes us learned; and not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.
The mold of our fortunes is in our own hands.
It is a great happiness when men's professions and their inclinations accord.
I want a very ordered image, but I want it to come about by chance.
There is no doubt but men of genius and leisure may carry our method to greater perfection, but, having had long experience, we have found none equal to it for the commodiousness it affords in working with the Understanding.