The first man to fence in a piece of land, saying "this is mine" and who found people simple enough to believe him, was the real founder of civil society.

Nothing makes me so happy as to observe nature and to paint what I see.

God created man in his own image. And man, being a gentleman, returned the favor.

Luxury... corrupts at once rich and poor, the rich by possession and the poor by covetousness.

It is not I that am drawing, it is this thing at the end of my hand.

The universe was born restless and has never since been still.

If it is reason that forms man then it is the emotions that guide her.