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

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

Errors accumulate in the sketch and compound in the model.

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 function of the painter is to render... the visible surface so that at a certain distance... and position it appears... like the body itself.

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

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