I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.

The greatest artist has no conception which a single block of white marble does not potentially contain within its mass, but only a hand obedient to the mind can penetrate to this image.

The science of design, or of line-drawing, if you like to use this term, is the source and very essence of painting, sculpture, architecture... Sometimes... it seems to me that... all the works of the human brain and hand are either design itself or a branch of that art.

With few words I shall make thee understand my soul.

To know each other is the best way to understand each other. To understand each other is the only way to love each other.

If people knew how hard I worked at my art, they would not consider me a genius.

And still I am learning.