I certainly consider a great appreciation of painting to be the best indication of a most perfect mind.

When I investigate and when I discover that the forces of the heavens and the planets are within ourselves, then truly I seem to be living among the gods.

Painting is possessed of divine power, for not only does it make the absent present, but also makes the dead almost alive.

A man can do all things if he will.

No art, however minor, demands less than total dedication if you want to excel in it.

The Arts are learnt by reason and method; they are mastered by practice.

The picture will have charm when each color is very unlike the one next to it.