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

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.

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

With few words I shall make thee understand my soul.

Genius is eternal patience.

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.

Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.

Do not fret, for God did not create us to abandon us.

Art is a shadow of Divine perfection.