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.

The art of creation lies in the gift of perceiving the particular and generalizing it, thus creating the particular again. It is therefore a powerful transforming force and a generator of creative solutions in relation to a given problem.

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

He who follows another will never overtake him

One paints with one's head, not one's hand.

I already have a wife who is too much for me.. she is my art, and my works are my children.

The hand that follows intellect can achieve.