I think it is owing to the good sense of the English that they have not painted better.

I know of no such thing as genius, genius is nothing but labor and diligence.

All the world is competent to judge my pictures except those who are of my profession.

I had rather, if cruelty has been prevented by the four prints [The Four Stages of Cruelty], be maker of them than of the [Raphael] cartoons.

I have generally found that persons who had studied painting least were the best judges of it.

I think it is owing to the good sense of the English that they have not painted better.