“He who pretends to be either painter or engraver without being a master of drawing is an imposter”

“The arts of peace are great, And no less glorious than those of war”

“When nations grow old, the arts grow cold and commerce settles on every tree.”

“The difference between a bad artist and a good one is: The bad artist seems to copy a great deal; the good one really does”

“Where painting is weakest, namely, in the expression of the highest moral and spiritual ideas, there music is sublimely strong.”

“It is from the womb of art that criticism was born”