Beauty Is The Adjustment Of All Parts

Painting Contains A Divine Force Which Not Only Makes Absent Men Present, As Friendship Is Said To Do, But Moreover Makes The Dead Seem Almost Alive.

The Arts Are Learnt By Reason And Method; They Are Mastered By Practice.

I Certainly Consider A Great Appreciation Of Painting To Be The Best Indication Of A Most Perfect Mind.

A Person Can Do Anything If They Only Will It Strongly Enough.

Practice By Drawing Things Large, As If Equal In Representation And Reality. In Small Drawings Every Large Weakness Is Easily Hidden; In The Large, The Smallest Weakness Is Easily Seen.