Nothing Overshadows Truth So Much As Authority.

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 City Is Like A Great House, And The House In Its Turn A Small City.

When I Investigate And When I Discover That The Forces Of The Heavens And The Planets Are Within Ourselves, Then Truly I Seem To Be Living Among The Gods.

Errors Accumulate In The Sketch And Compound In The Model.

No Art, However Minor, Demands Less Than Total Dedication If You Want To Excel In It.