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.

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

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.

The greatest work of an artist is the history of a painting.

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.

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

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