The Greatest Risk To Man Is Not

Painters Are Not In Any Way Unsociable Through Pride, But Either Because They Find Few Pursuits Equal To Painting, Or In Order Not To Corrupt Themselves With The Useless Conversation Of Idle People, And Debase The Intellect From The Lofty Imaginations In Which They Are Always Absorbed.

In My Opinion Painting Should Be Considered Excellent In Proportion As It Approaches The Effect Of Relief, While Relief Should Be Considered Bad In Proportion As It Approaches The Effect Of Painting.

Do Not Fret, For God Did Not Create Us To Abandon Us.

A Great Sculpture Can Roll Down A Hill Without Breaking.

He Who Does Not Master The Nude Cannot Understand The Principles Of Architecture.