I already have a wife who is too much for me.. she is my art, and my works are my children.

The greatest risk to man is not that he aims to high and misses, but that he aims to low and hits.

If I love in thee, beloved, only what thou lovest most, do not be angry; for so one spirit is enamoured of another.

Perchance that I might learn what pity is, That I might laugh at erring men no more.

Gazing on beautiful things acts on my soul.

The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.

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.