The lover is moved by the thing loved, as the sense is by that which perceives, and it unites with it and they become one and the same thing... when the lover is united with the beloved it finds rest there; when the burden is laid down there it finds rest.

I am not poor. Poor are those who desire many things.

The painter will produce pictures of little merit if he takes the works of others as his standard.

When you draw a nude, sketch the whole figure and nicely fit the members to it and to each other. Even though you may only finish one portion of the drawing, just make certain that all the parts hang together, so that the study will be useful to you in the future.

Though I may not . . . be able to quote other authors, I shall rely on that which is much greater and more worthy - on experience.

There are many kinds of beauty as people who possess it.

Tears come from the heart and not from the brain