Fire is to represent truth because it destroys all sophistry and lies; and the mask is for lying and falsehood which conceal truth.

Make yourself a master of perspective, then acquire perfect knowledge of the proportions of men and other animals.

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

As every divided kingdom falls, so every mind divided between many studies confounds and saps itself.

A man was desired to rise from bed because the sun was already up. He replied: "If I had as far to go and as much to do as he has, I should be up by now; but having but a little way to go, I shall not get up yet."

An artist who lacks the power of self-criticism accomplishes but little. It is good if your work stands higher than your own opinion of it; bad if it is on the same level. But it is a great disaster if your work stands lower than your judgment of it.

First study the science, and then practice the art which is born of that science.