There is no man on earth who can give a final judgment on what the most beautiful shape may be. Only God knows.

Geometry is the foundation of all painting.

If a man devotes himself to art, much evil is avoided that happens otherwise if one is idle.

Simplicity is the greatest adornment of art.

Art is embedded in nature and they who can extract it, have it.

As I grew older, I realized that it was much better to insist on the genuine forms of nature, for simplicity is the greatest adornment of art.

Why has God given me such magnificent talent? It is a curse as well as a great blessing.

No single man can be taken as a model for a perfect figure, for no man lives on earth who is endowed with the whole of beauty.

The new art must be based upon science - in particular, upon mathematics, as the most exact, logical, and graphically constructive of the sciences.

The artist is chosen by God to fulfill his commands and must never be overwhelmed by public opinion.

Love and delight are better teachers than compulsion.

The list could surely go on, and there is nothing more wonderful than a list, instrument of wondrous hypotyposis.

Is that a professional bread bowl?

A republic cannot succeed, till it contains a certain body of men imbued with the principles of justice and honour.

Decent people shouldn't live here. They'd be happier some place else.

For God will deign to visit oft the dwellings of just men -- delighted, and with frequent intercourse -- thither will send his winged messengers on errants of supernal grace.

When our minds are filled with light, there is no room for darkness

Divorce isn't just the person, it's everything that goes with it - your kids, the adjustment, everything.

A blogger is an average person who happens to have a need to count his friends every half hour.

Humble we must be, if to heaven we go; High is the roof there, but the gate is low.

It costs you something to do good!