Painting is the pattern of one's own nervous system being projected on canvas.

A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.

Very few people have a natural feeling for painting, and so, of course, they naturally think that painting is an expression of the artist's mood. But it rarely is. Very often he may be in greatest despair and be painting his happiest paintings.

Houses are built to live in, and not to look on: therefore let use be preferred before uniformity.

There is no secrecy comparable to celerity.

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes.

To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.