The summit charms us, the steps to it do not; with the heights before our eyes, we like to linger in the plain. It is only a part of art that can be taught; but the artist needs the whole. He who is only half instructed speaks much and is always wrong; who knows it wholly is content with acting and speaks seldom or late.

Even the lowliest, provided he is whole, can be happy, and in his own . way, perfect.

Colour itself is a degree of darkness.

Tolerance comes of age. I see no fault committed that I myself could not have committed at some time or other.

Only the heart without a stain knows ease.

There is no surer method of evading the world than by following Art, and no surer method of linking oneself to it than by Art.

Properly speaking, such work is never finished; one must declare it so when, according to time and circumstances, one has done one's best.