Nothing overshadows truth so much as authority.

What is painting but the act of embracing, by means of art, the surface of the pool?

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

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

Buildings have been made because of man.

It was never shameful to learn from any teacher things that are useful to know.

A person can do anything if they only will it strongly enough.