An Artist Must Have His Measuring Tools

Faith In Oneself Is The Best And Safest Course.

As When, O Lady Mine, With Chiselled Touch, The Stone Unhewn And Cold, Becomes A Living Mould, The More The Marble Wastes, The More The Statue Grows.

A Man Paints With His Brains And Not With His Hands.

With Few Words I Shall Make Thee Understand My Soul.

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.