I dare affirm that any artist... who has nothing singular, eccentric, or at least reputed to be so, in his person, will never become a superior talent.

To know each other is the best way to understand each other. To understand each other is the only way to love each other.

Gazing on beautiful things acts on my soul.

A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.

My soul can find no staircase to Heaven unless it be through Earth's loveliness.

If people knew how hard I worked at my art, they would not consider me a genius.

The hand that follows intellect can achieve.