Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.
Even if you are divine, you don't disdain male consorts.
Souls will never ascend to Heaven until the sight of beauty lifts them there.
The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has.
I am a poor man and of little worth, who is laboring in that art that God has given me in order to extend my life as long as possible.
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.