With Few Words I Shall Make Thee

My Soul Can Find No Staircase To Heaven Unless It Be Through Earth's Loveliness.

It Is Better Decoration When, In Painting, Some Monstrosity Is Introduced For Variety And A Relaxation Of The Senses And To Attract The Attention Of Mortal Eyes, Which At Times Desire To See That Which They Have Never Seen.

Art Is A Shadow Of Divine Perfection.

However Rich I May Have Been, I Have Always Lived Like A Poor Man.

It Is Not Sufficient Merely To Be A Great Master In Painting And Very Wise, But I Think That It Is Necessary For The Painter To Be Very Moral In His Mode Of Life, Or Even, If Such Were Possible, A Saint, So That The Holy Spirit May Inspire His Intellect.