Gazing on beautiful things acts on my soul.

It is well with me only when I have a chisel in my hand.

I created a vision of David in my mind and simply carved away everything that was not David.

The promises of this world are, for the most part, vain phantoms; and to confide in one's self, and become something of worth and value is the best and safest course.

Lord free me of myself, so I can please you!

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

The science of design, or of line-drawing, if you like to use this term, is the source and very essence of painting, sculpture, architecture... Sometimes... it seems to me that... all the works of the human brain and hand are either design itself or a branch of that art.