The difference between a bad artist and a good one is: the bad artist seems to copy a great deal; the good one really does.

Degrade first the Arts if you'd Mankind Degrade. Hire Idiots to Paint with cold light & hot shade: Give high Price for the worst, leave the best in disgrace, And with Labours of Ignorance fill every place.

Forgive what you do not approve & love me for this energetic exertion of my talent

Man was made for joy and woe, and when this we rightly know through the world we safely go. Joy and woe are woven fine, a clothing for the soul to bind.

Where others see but the dawn coming over the hill, I see the soul of God shouting for joy.

The vision of Christ that thou dost see Is my vision's greatest enemy.

In the universe, there are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between, there are doors.