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

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

It is very rarely granted even to Nature herself to produce anything absolutely perfect in every part.

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

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

A common error of ignorance is to maintain that what one does not know does not exist.

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