It Is Well With Me Only When

The Best Of Artists Has No Conception That The Marble Alone Does Not Contain Within Itself.

Art Is A Shadow Of Divine Perfection.

He Who Follows Another Will Never Overtake Him

In Every Block Of Marble I See A Statue As Plain As Though It Stood Before Me, Shaped And Perfect In Attitude And Action. I Have Only To Hew Away The Rough Walls That Imprison The Lovely Apparition To Reveal It To The Other Eyes As Mine See It.

In My Opinion Painting Should Be Considered Excellent In Proportion As It Approaches The Effect Of Relief, While Relief Should Be Considered Bad In Proportion As It Approaches The Effect Of Painting.