No thought is born in me that does not bear the image of death.

I am always learning.

A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.

I couldn't give you something mediocre even if that's all you asked for.

An artist does his most difficult work when he steps back from the blank canvas and thinks about what he is going to create.

However rich I may have been, I have always lived like a poor man.

The power of one fair face makes my love sublime, for it has weaned my heart from low desires.