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

“Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame”

“Art for art's sake is a philosophy of the well-fed”

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

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

“Art ought never to be considered except in its relations with its ideal beauty”