A beautiful body perishes, but a work of art dies not.

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

When you are alone you are all your own.

Great love is born of great knowledge of the thing that is loved, and if you do not know it, you can love it little or not at all.

Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.

How painting surpasses all human works by reason of the subtle possibilities which it contains.

The desire to know is natural to good men.