Errors Accumulate In The Sketch And Compound

Men Are Themselves The Source Of Their Own Fortune And Misfortune.

Philosophers Say That Nothing Can Be Seen That Is Neither Illuminated Nor Colored.

A Common Error Of Ignorance Is To Maintain That What One Does Not Know Does Not Exist.

I Would Have Artists Be Convinced That The Supreme Skill And Art In Painting Consists In Knowing How To Use Black And White... Because It Is Light And Shade That Make Objects Appear In Relief.

The Function Of The Painter Is To Render... The Visible Surface So That At A Certain Distance... And Position It Appears... Like The Body Itself.