Genius is infinite painstaking.
Draw, Antonio; draw, Antonio; draw and don’t waste time.
A great sculpture can roll down a hill without breaking.
The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself.
Art is the gift of God, and must be used unto His glory. That in art is highest which aims at this.
What spirit is so empty and blind, that it cannot recognize the fact that the foot is more noble than the shoe, and skin more beautiful than the garment with which it is clothed?