Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.

We talk too much. We should talk less and draw more.

In art it's not the thinking that does the job, but making.

Every need whose true satisfaction is denied leads by necessity to faith.

Look closely at those who patronize you. Half are unfeeling, half untaught.

A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.

There is nothing in the world more shameful than establishing one's self on lies and fables.