The higher a man stands, the more the word vulgar becomes unintelligible to him.
The common practice of keeping up appearances with society is a mere selfish struggle of the vain with the vain.
Books are divided into two classes, the books of the hour and the books of all time.
They are good furniture pictures, unworthy of praise, and undeserving of blame.
Greater completion marks the progress of art, absolute completion usually its decline.
Drawing is a means of obtaining and communicating knowledge