Depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves.

Shadow is the diminution alike of light and of darkness, and stands between darkness and light.

Knowledge ... shall always bear witness like a clarion to its creator.

What induces you, oh man, to depart from your home in town, to leave parents and friends, and go to the countryside over mountains and valleys, if it is not for the beauty of the world of nature?

O Time with your teethy years! You swallow up all things little by little in a slow-motion, wrinkling process of dying.

The painter's mind is a copy of the divine mind, since it operates freely in creating the many kinds of animals, plants, fruits, landscapes, countrysides, ruins, and awe-inspiring places.

Especially learn how to see.