Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.

I have seen, and heard, much of Cockney impudence before now; but never expected to hear a coxcomb ask two hundred guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face.

The proof of a thing's being right is that it has power over the heart; that it excites us, wins us, or helps us.

I believe the right question to ask, respecting all ornament, is simply this; was it done with enjoyment, was the carver happy while he was about it?

The best thing in life aren't things.

He who can take no interest in what is small will take false interest in what is great.

Greater completion marks the progress of art, absolute completion usually its decline.