A good painter has two main objects to paint, man and the intention of his soul.

To discover the soul living in somebody's body, we watch the surrounding of the body, and if it's messy and disordered, so is the soul.

Just as iron rusts from disuse, and stagnant water putrefies, or when cold turns to ice, so our intellect wastes unless it is kept in use.

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

We, by our arts may be called the grandsons of God.

In the days of thy youth seek to obtain that which shall compensate the losses of thy old age.

Those who, in debate, appeal to their qualifications, argue from memory, not from understanding.