If you knew how much work went into it, you wouldn't call it genius.

An artist must have his measuring tools not in the hand, but in the eye.

Why do You Send Fools To judge My Work?

Do you know that women who are chaste remain much fresher than those who are not?

Trifles make perfection but perfection is not a trifle

Art is a jealous thing; it requires the whole man.

Lord free me of myself, so I can please you!

A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.

There is no greater harm than that of time wasted.

I am always learning.

With few words I shall make thee understand my soul.

Genius is eternal patience.

Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.

Beauty is the purgation of superfluities.

Gazing at beautiful things acts on my soul.

I criticise by creation, not by finding fault.

Art lives on constraint and dies of freedom.

I couldn't give you something mediocre even if that's all you asked for.

Sculpture is made by taking away, while painting is made by adding.