Good painting is the kind that looks like sculpture.
The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself.
Gazing on beautiful things acts on my soul.
Many believe - and I believe - that I have been designated for this work by God. In spite of my old age, I do not want to give it up; I work out of love for God and I put all my hope in Him.
Art lives on constraint and dies of freedom.
The best of artists hath no thought to show which the rough stone in its superfluous shell doth not include; to break the marble spell is all the hand that serves the brain can do.