There Is No Art Which Has Not

As Ability Goes, So Goes Our Fortune.

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.

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

Errors Accumulate In The Sketch And Compound In The Model.

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