Less Coin, Less Care.

A Painter Must Not Only Be Of Necessity An Imitator Of The Works Of Nature... But He Must Be As Necessarily An Imitator Of The Works Of Other Painters. This Appears More Humiliating, But Is Equally True; And No Man Can Be An Artist, Whatever He May Suppose, Upon Any Other Terms.

There Is No Expedient To Which A Man Will Not Resort To Avoid The Real Labor Of Thinking.

There Can Be No Doubt But That He Who Has The Most Materials Has The Greatest Means Of Invention.

Taste Depends Upon Those Finer Emotions Which Make The Organization Of The Soul.

Whatever Trips You Make, You Must Still Have Nature In Your Eye.