Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
Beauty is the purgation of superfluities.
Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.
I am still learning.
Critique by creating.
I am always learning.
And still I am learning.
To touch is to give life.
Nature did all things well
Patience is eternal genius
Genius is eternal patience.
Genius is infinite painstaking.
I am still learning. (at age 87)
Serene I fold my hands and wait.
Art is a shadow of Divine perfection.
No great work of art is ever finished.
As you give out, so shall you receive.
Why do You Send Fools To judge My Work?
I live and love in God's peculiar light.
I am no artist - please come and help me.
Only God creates. The rest of us just copy.
Gazing on beautiful things acts on my soul.
Lord, make me see thy glory in every place.
One paints with one's head, not one's hand.
If the wine is not good, then throw it out!
Your greatness is measured by your horizons.
Lord free me of myself, so I can please you!
Art lives on constraint and dies of freedom.
The hand that follows intellect can achieve.
He who follows another will never overtake him
I criticise by creation, not by finding fault.
I feast on wine and bread, and feasts they are.
Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.
What do you despise? By this you are truly known.
There is no greater harm than that of time wasted.
With few words I shall make thee understand my soul.
Good painting is the kind that looks like sculpture.
A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.
Do not fret, for God did not create us to abandon us.
Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.
Trifles make perfection but perfection is not a trifle
The more the marble wastes, The more the statue grows.
Carving is easy, you just go down to the skin and stop.
The more the marbles wastes, the more the statue grows.
I serve for the love of God and in Him have all my hope.
Draw, Antonio; draw, Antonio; draw and don’t waste time.
Even if you are divine, you don't disdain male consorts.
It is well with me only when I have a chisel in my hand.
A great sculpture can roll down a hill without breaking.
A good sculpture can be rolled downhill without breaking.
There is an angel imprisoned in it and I must set it free.
