We must always take from nature what we paint and always choose the most beautiful things.

We must always take from nature what we paint and always choose the most beautiful things.

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

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.

Buildings have been made because of man.

Errors accumulate in the sketch and compound in the model.

A person can do anything if they only will it strongly enough.