However Rich I May Have Been, I

The Best Of Artists Hath No Thought To Show Which The Rough Stone In Its Superfluous Shell Doth Not Include; To Break The Marble Spell Is All The Hand That Serves The Brain Can Do.

It Is Better Decoration When, In Painting, Some Monstrosity Is Introduced For Variety And A Relaxation Of The Senses And To Attract The Attention Of Mortal Eyes, Which At Times Desire To See That Which They Have Never Seen.

The Hand That Follows Intellect Can Achieve.

I Live And Love In God's Peculiar Light.

I Have Never Felt Salvation In Nature. I Love Cities Above All.