If we let ourselves believe that man began with divine grace, that he >>
The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is >>
Ugly deeds are most estimable when hidden. >>
Painting is silent poetry and poetry spoken, painting. >>
If we could but paint with the hand what we see with the eye. >>
Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artis >>
What a strange vanity painting is; it attracts admiration by resembling the original, we do not admire.