The best artist has that thought alone Which is contained within the marble shell; The sculptor's hand can only break the spell To free the figures slumbering in the stone.
Sculpture is made by taking away, while painting is made by adding.
A good sculpture can be rolled downhill without breaking.
Your greatness is measured by your horizons.
My soul can find no staircase to Heaven unless it be through Earth's loveliness.
Heaven-born, the soul a heavenward course must hold; beyond the world she soars; the wise man, I affirm, can find no rest in that which perishes, nor will he lend his heart to ought that doth time depend