The greatest piece of folly is that every man thinks himself compelled to hand down what people think they have known.

The best way to understand a painting is by drawing it.

To make something you have to be something.

Freedom consists not in refusing to recognize anything above us, but in respecting something which is above us; for by respecting it, we raise ourselves to it, and, by our very acknowledgment, prove that we bear within ourselves what is higher, and are worthy to be on a level with it.

Our virtues and view spring from one root.

And step by step, along the path of life, There's nothing true but Heaven.

So long as you live and work, you will be misunderstood; to that you must resign yourself once and for all. Be silent!