I Shall Praise Those Faces Which Seem

The Arts Are Learnt By Reason And Method; They Are Mastered By Practice.

I Certainly Consider A Great Appreciation Of Painting To Be The Best Indication Of A Most Perfect Mind.

We Must Always Take From Nature What We Paint And Always Choose The Most Beautiful Things.

I Would Have Artists Be Convinced That The Supreme Skill And Art In Painting Consists In Knowing How To Use Black And White... Because It Is Light And Shade That Make Objects Appear In Relief.

I Prefer You To Take As Your Model A Mediocre Sculpture Rather Than An Excellent Painting, For From Painted Objects We Train Our Hand Only To Make A Likeness, Whereas From Sculptures We Learn To Represent Both Likeness And Correct Incidence Of Light.