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

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

Buildings have been made because of man.

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.

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

I will never tire of recommending the custom, practiced by the best architects, of preparing not only drawings and sketches, but also models of wood or any other material. These... enable us to examine... the work as a whole... and, before continuing any further, to estimate the likely trouble and expense.