An honest man always values earning honor over wealth.
A painting is finished when the artist says it is finished.
Practice what you know, and it will help to make clear what now you do not know.
I envy the poet. He is encouraged toward drunkenness and wallows with nubile wenches while the painter must endure wretchedness and pain for his art.
A painting is complete when it has the shadows of a god.
Painting is the grandchild of nature. It is related to God.