I have from an early age abjured the use of meat, and the time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men.

You will never have a greater or lesser dominion than that over yourself...the height of a man's success is gauged by his self-mastery; the depth of his failure by his self-abandonment. ...And this law is the expression of eternal justice. He who cannot establish dominion over himself will have no dominion over others.

The human being, creature of eyes, needs the image.

How many emperors and how many princes have lived and died and no record of them remains, and they only sought to gain dominions and riches in order that their fame might be ever-lasting.

A good painter has two main objects to paint, man and the intention of his soul.

Drawing is based upon perspective, which is nothing else than a thorough knowledge of the function of the eye.

The eye encompasses the beauty of the whole world.