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Oh! Speculators on things, boast not of knowing the things that nature ordinarily brings about; but rejoice if you know the end of those things which you yourself device.

All the bystanders at an event worthy of note adopt various gestures of admiration when contemplating the occurrence.

A good painter has two main objects to paint, man and the intention of his soul. The former is easy, the latter hard as he has to represent it by the attitude and movement of the limbs.

It is a far worthier thing to read by the light of experience than to adorn oneself with the labors of others.

Make your faces so that they do not all have the same expression, as one sees with most painters, but give them different expression, according to age, complexion, and good or bad character.

Old age takes in part savory wisdom for its food, see to that your old age will not lack in nourishment.

A luminous body will appear more brilliant in proportion as it is surrounded by deeper shadow.

The human being, creature of eyes, needs the image.

To lie is vile, to tell truth is excellent, if not noble.

The first object of the painter is to make a flat plane appear as a body in relief and projecting from that plane.

Good writing comes from good talent.

Good writing comes from good talent.

We may call painting the grandchild of nature.

How painting surpasses all human works by reason of the subtle possibilities which it contains.

How painting surpasses all human works by reason of the subtle possibilities which it contains.

Truth is so excellent, that if it praises but small things they become noble.

Perspective is a most subtle discovery in mathematical studies, for by means of lines it causes to appear distant that which is near, and large that which is small.

He only moves toward the perfection of his art whose criticism surpasses his achievement.

Truth was always but the daughter of time.

O admirable necessity! O powerful action! What mind can penetrate your nature? What language can express this marvel? None, to be sure. This is where human discourse turns toward the contemplation of the divine.

Shadow is the diminution alike of light and of darkness, and stands between darkness and light.

If anyone wishes to see how the soul dwells in its body, let him observe how this body uses its daily habitation; that is to say, if this is devoid of order and confused, the body will be kept in disorder and confusion by its soul

A painter was asked why, since he made such beautiful figures, which were but dead things, his children were so ugly; to which the painter replied that he made his pictures by day, and his children by night.

The imagination is to the effect as the shadow to the opaque body which causes the shadow.