... the movements of the body reveal the movements of the soul.

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

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

The city is like a great house, and the house in its turn a small city.

Men are themselves the source of their own fortune and misfortune.

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

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