And remember, child, that nothing is ever done beautifully, which is done in rivalship; or nobly, which is done in pride.

Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together.

All that we call ideal in Greek or any other art, because to us it is false and visionary, was, to the makers of it, true and existent.

In old times men used their powers of painting to show the objects of faith, in later times they use the objects of faith to show their powers of painting.

Don't just look at buildings ... watch them.

Whenever I did anything wrong, stupid or hard-hearted, and I have done many things that were all three, my mother always said "it is because you were too much indulged."

You can only possess beauty through understanding it.