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Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.
Trifles make perfection, but perfection is no trifle.
I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.
The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.
A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.
My soul can find no staircase to Heaven unless it be through Earth's loveliness.
I am still learning.
Death and love are the two wings that bear the good man to heaven.
Genius is eternal patience.
If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all.
The promises of this world are, for the most part, vain phantoms; and to confide in one's self, and become something of worth and value is the best and safest course.
If we have been pleased with life, we should not be displeased with death, since it comes from the hand of the same master.
A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it.
With few words I shall make thee understand my soul.
As you give out so shall toy receive.
Beauty is the purgation of superfluities.
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