Try to put well in practice what you already know; and in so doing, you will in good time, discover the hidden things you now inquire about. 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.

I can't paint the way they want me to paint and they know that too.

An honest man always values earning honor over wealth.

Old age is a hindrance to creativity but cannot crush my youthful spirit.

A painting is complete when it has the shadows of a god.

A painting is not made to be sniffed.