It is generally the man who is not ready to argue, who is ready to sneer.

People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.

All my authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

Every true artist feels that he is touching transcendental truths; that his images are shadows of things seen through the veil.

It is a mathematical fact that if a line be not perfectly directed towards a point, it will actually go further away from it as it comes nearer to it.

Tea, although an OrientalIs a gentleman at least;Cocoa is a cad and coward,Cocoa is a vulgar beast.

We must be clear about what we want to paint. This adds a further principle to our previous list of principles. We have said we must be fond of this world, even in order to change it.