No picture can be good which deceives by its imitation, for the very reason that nothing can be beautiful which is not true.
You can only possess beauty through understanding it.
Kind hearts are the garden, kind thoughts are the roots, kind words are the blossoms, kind deeds are the fruit.
To know anything well involves a profound sensation of ignorance.
One who does not know when to die, does not know how to live.
I have not written in vain if I have heretofore done anything towards diminishing the reputation of the Renaissance landscape painting.