From such a gentle thing, from such a fountain of all delight, my every pain is born.

Beauty depends on purpose. It is in the elements best suited to their purpose or aim that beauty shines forth most strongly.

Beauty is the purgation of superfluities.

Good painting is nothing else but a copy of the perfections of God and a reminder of His painting. Finally, good painting is a music and a melody which intellect only can appreciate, and with great difficulty.

Do you know that women who are chaste remain much fresher than those who are not?

A good artist ought never to allow impatience to overcome his sense of the main end of art - perfection

To touch is to give life.