The Greatest Work Of An Artist Is

It Was Never Shameful To Learn From Any Teacher Things That Are Useful To Know.

Painting Is Possessed Of Divine Power, For Not Only Does It Make The Absent Present, But Also Makes The Dead Almost Alive.

Perhaps The Artist Who Seeks Dignity Above All In His 'historia', Ought To Represent Very Few Figures; For As Paucity Of Words Imparts Majesty To A Prince, Provided Histhoughts And Orders Are Understood, So The Presence Of Only The Strictly Necessary Numbers Of Bodies Confers Dignity On A Picture.

A Common Error Of Ignorance Is To Maintain That What One Does Not Know Does Not Exist.

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