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

“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.”

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

“The history of art is the history of revivals”

“Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.”