The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself.
However rich I may have been, I have always lived like a poor man.
Beauty depends on purpose. It is in the elements best suited to their purpose or aim that beauty shines forth most strongly.
Genius is infinite painstaking.
He who does not master the nude cannot understand the principles of architecture.
The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has.