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

And who is so barbarous as not to understand that the foot of a man is nobler than his shoe, and his skin nobler than that of the sheep with which he is clothed.

Draw, Antonio; draw, Antonio; draw and don’t waste time.

I am always learning.

The great tragedy of life is not that people set their sights too high and fail to achieve their goals but that they set their sights too low and do.

If we have been pleased with life, we should not be displeased with death, since it comes from the hand of the same master.

Genius is infinite painstaking.