Talent Does Whatever It Wants To Do.

Artists Who Seek Perfection In Everything Are Those Who Can't Attain It In Anything.

Real Beauty In The Arts Is Eternal And Would Be Accepted At All Periods; But It Wears The Dress Of Its Century: Something Of That Dress Clings To It, And Woe To The Works Which Appear In Periods When The General Taste Is Corrupted.

Glory To That Homer Of Painting, To That Father Of Warmth And Enthusiasm... He Really Paints Men.

Weaknesses In Men Of Genius Are Usually An Exaggeration Of Their Personal Feeling; In The Hands Of Feeble Imitators They Become The Most Flagrant Blunders. Entire Schools Have Been Founded On Misinterpretations Of Certain Aspects Of The Masters. Lamentable Mistakes Have Resulted From The Thoughtless Enthusiasm With Which Men Have Sought Inspiration From The Worst Qualities Of Remarkable Artists Because They Are Unable To Reproduce The Sublime Elements In Their Work.

The Contour Should Come Last, Only A Very Experienced Eye Can Place It Rightly.