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.

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.

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

Nothing overshadows truth so much as authority.

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.