“Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known ”

“A man paints with his brains and not with his hands”

“The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection”

“To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist.”

“The business of art is to reveal the relation between man and his environment.”

“The history of art is the history of revivals”