He who follows another will never overtake him

An artist does his most difficult work when he steps back from the blank canvas and thinks about what he is going to create.

Your greatness is measured by your horizons.

Do not be concerned that you might set a target too high and fail. Be concerned that you will set it too low and succeed.

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 true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.

It is necessary to keep one's compass in one's eyes and not in the hand, for the hands execute, but the eye judges.