I criticise by creation, not by finding fault.

I couldn't give you something mediocre even if that's all you asked for.

The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has.

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.

Let whoever may have attained to so much as to have the power of drawing know that he holds a great treasure.

If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all.

I have never felt salvation in nature. I love cities above all.