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.
I feast on wine and bread, and feasts they are.
Death and love are the two wings that bear the good man to heaven.
It is well with me only when I have a chisel in my hand.
One paints with one's head, not one's hand.
If you knew how much work went into it, you wouldn't call it genius.