Those who are compelled to paint by force, without being in the necessary mood, can produce only ungainly works, because this profession requires an unruffled temper.
I think I am beginning to learn something about painting.
It is not bright colors but good drawing that makes figures beautiful.
He who improvises can never make a perfect line of poetry.
Art is stronger than Nature
From the example of the past, the man of the present acts prudently so as not to imperil the future.