The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands.

Abbreviators do harm to knowledge and to love.

Poor is the pupil who does not surpass his master.

Men of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are most active.

Good culture is born of a good disposition; and since the cause is more to be praised than the effect, I will rather praise a good disposition without culture, than good culture without the disposition.

Why are the bones of great fishes, and oysters and corals and various other shells and sea-snails, found on the high tops of mountains that border the sea, in the same way in which they are found in the depths of the sea?

Art is never finished, only abandoned.