The best of artists hath no thought to show which the rough stone in its superfluous shell doth not include; to break the marble spell is all the hand that serves the brain can do.

Serene I fold my hands and wait.

He who does not master the nude cannot understand the principles of architecture.

Death and love are the two wings that bear the good man to heaven.

Let it be enough for you to have bread and live virtuously and poorly like Christ, as I do here. I live meanly and don't bother about life or honor ... and I live with the greatest toil and a thousand worries. It is now about 15 years since I had a happy hour.

Draw, Antonio; draw, Antonio; draw and don’t waste time.

The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.