I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.
A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it.
The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.
Trifles make perfection, but perfection is no trifle.
Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.
I have never felt salvation in nature. I love cities above all.
If people only knew how hard I work to gain my mastery, it wouldn’t seem so wonderful at all.
Genius is eternal patience.
A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.
The promises of this world are, for the most part, vain phantoms, and to confide in one’s self, and become something of worth and value is the best and safest course.
Art and death do not go well together.
No one has full mastery before reaching the end of his art and his life.
