Painting Is Possessed Of Divine Power, For

Painting Contains A Divine Force Which Not Only Makes Absent Men Present, As Friendship Is Said To Do, But Moreover Makes The Dead Seem Almost Alive.

... The Movements Of The Body Reveal The Movements Of The Soul.

Errors Accumulate In The Sketch And Compound In The Model.

I Prefer You To Take As Your Model A Mediocre Sculpture Rather Than An Excellent Painting, For From Painted Objects We Train Our Hand Only To Make A Likeness, Whereas From Sculptures We Learn To Represent Both Likeness And Correct Incidence Of Light.

What Is Painting But The Act Of Embracing, By Means Of Art, The Surface Of The Pool?