Labour without joy is base. Labour without sorrow is base. Sorrow without labour is base. Joy without labour is base.

Books are divided into two classes, the books of the hour and the books of all time.

All traveling becomes dull in exact proportion to its rapidity.

Science has to do with facts, art with phenomena. To science, phenomena are of use only as they lead to facts; and to art, facts are of use only as they lead to phenomena.

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?

If the design of the building be originally bad, the only virtue it can ever possess will be signs of antiquity.

I have not written in vain if I have heretofore done anything towards diminishing the reputation of the Renaissance landscape painting.