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

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

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

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

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

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