The deeper the feeling, the greater the pain

A man of supreme folly: his life flies away while he is merely hoping to enjoy it.

For those colours which you wish to be beautiful, always first prepare a pure white ground.

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

Movement will fail sooner than usefulness.

Common Sense is that which judges the things given to it by other senses.

Let the painter composing narrative pictures take pleasure in wealth and variety, and avoid repeating any part that occurs in it, so that the uniqueness and abundance attract people to it and delight the eye of the observer. I say that a narrative painting requires (depending on the scene), wherever the eye falls, a mixture of men of diverse appearances, of diverse ages and dress, combined together with women, children, dogs, horses, buildings, fields, and hills.