No great work of art is ever finished.

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.

To know each other is the best way to understand each other. To understand each other is the only way to love each other.

The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.

If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all.

A good artist ought never to allow impatience to overcome his sense of the main end of art - perfection

I cannot live under pressures from patrons, let alone paint.