The greatest work of an artist is the history of a painting.

Painting contains a divine force which not only makes absent men present, as friendship is said to do, but moreover makes the dead seem almost alive.

We must always take from nature what we paint and always choose the most beautiful things.

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

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

Beauty is the adjustment of all parts proportionately so that one cannot add or subtract or change without impairing the harmony of the whole.

A man can do all things if he will.