The first object of the painter is to make a flat plane appear as a body in relief and projecting from that plane

Truly man is the king of beasts, for his brutality exceeds them. We live by the death of others. We are burial places.

One day the world will look upon research upon animals as it now looks upon research on human beings.

He who can copy can do.

All our knowledge is the offspring of our perceptions.

A good painter has two main objects to paint, man and the intention of his soul. The former is easy, the latter hard as he has to represent it by the attitude and movement of the limbs.

That which has no limitations, has no form.