Every now and then go away, have a little relaxation, for when you come back to your work your judgment will be surer. Go some distance away because then the work appears smaller and more of it can be taken in at a glance and a lack of harmony and proportion is more readily seen.

The body of the earth is of the nature of a fish... because it draws water as its breath instead of air.

In life beauty perishes, but not in art.

Beyond a doubt truth bears the same relation to falsehood as light to darkness.

To enjoy - to love a thing for its own sake and for no other reason.

The lover is moved by the beloved object as the senses are by sensual objects; and they unite and become one and the same thing. The work is the first thing born of this union; if the thing loved is base the lover becomes base.

The earth is moved from its position by the weight of a tiny bird resting upon it.