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

“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 ”

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

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