Beauty depends on purpose. It is in the elements best suited to their purpose or aim that beauty shines forth most strongly.

To touch is to give life.

Trifles make perfection but perfection is not a trifle

I give my soul to God, my body to the earth, and my worldly possessions to my nearest of kin, charging them to remember the sufferings of Jesus Christ.

The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself.

So now, from this mad passion Which made me take art for an idol and a king I have learnt the burden of error that it bore And what misfortune springs from man's desire... The world's frivolities have robbed me of the time That I was given for reflecting upon God.

Patience is eternal genius