Small rooms or dwellings discipline the mind, large ones weaken it.
Do not reveal, if liberty is precious to you; my face is the prison of love.
Every obstacle yields to stern resolve.
A diamond is just a lump of coal that stuck to its job.
Vitality and beauty are gifts of Nature for those who live according to its laws.
Of the original phenomena, light is the most enthralling.
Good writing comes from good talent.
Look at light and admire its beauty. Close your eyes, and then look again: what you saw is no longer there; and what you will see later is not yet.
Drawing is based upon perspective, which is nothing else than a thorough knowledge of the function of the eye.
It is useful to constantly observe, note, and consider.
Whoever does not respect life, does not deserve it.
You should prefer a good scientist without literary abilities than a literate one without scientific skills.
I wish to work miracles...
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.
Feathers shall raise men even as they do birds towards heaven :- That is by letters written with their quills.
In time and with water, everything changes.
The young man should first learn perspective, then the proportions of objects. Next, copy work after the hand of a good master, to gain the habit of drawing parts of the body well; and then to work from nature, to confirm the lessons learned.
Envy wounds with false accusations, that is with detraction, a thing which scares virtue.
How many emperors and how many princes have lived and died and no record of them remains, and they only sought to gain dominions and riches in order that their fame might be ever-lasting.
Men standing in opposite hemispheres will converse and deride each other and embrace each other, and understand each other’s language.