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

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

A man can do all things if he will.

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

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.

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.

Buildings have been made because of man.