Affective gestures pointing to things near either in time or space should be made with the hand not very far from the body of the person pointing; and if these things are distant, the hand of the painter should be more extended and the face turned toward the person to whom he is addressing the demonstration.

A man of supreme folly: his life flies away while he is merely hoping to enjoy it.

Every part is disposed to unite with the whole, that it may thereby escape from its own incompleteness.

There is no object so large but that at a great distance from the eye it does not appear smaller than a smaller object near.

To lie is vile, to tell truth is excellent, if not noble.

I wish to work miracles.

The sun gives spirit and life to the plants and the earth nourishes them with moisture.