If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all.
The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has.
My soul can find no staircase to Heaven unless it be through Earth's loveliness.
Lord free me of myself, so I can please you!
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.
It is not sufficient merely to be a great master in painting and very wise, but I think that it is necessary for the painter to be very moral in his mode of life, or even, if such were possible, a saint, so that the Holy Spirit may inspire his intellect.