Every part is disposed to unite with the whole, that it may thereby escape from its own incompleteness.

I have always felt it is my destiny to build a machine that would allow man to fly.

The good painter must paint two things: a person and the essence of his soul.

The painter will produce pictures of little merit if he takes the works of others as his standard.

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

The painter's mind is a copy of the divine mind, since it operates freely in creating the many kinds of animals, plants, fruits, landscapes, countrysides, ruins, and awe-inspiring places.

Vows begin when hope dies.