Beauty Is The Purgation Of

Beauty Is The Purgation Of Superfluities.

It Is Not Sufficient Merely To Be A Great Master In Painting And Very Wise, But I Think That It Is Necessary For The Painter To Be Very Moral In His Mode Of Life, Or Even, If Such Were Possible, A Saint, So That The Holy Spirit May Inspire His Intellect.

How Wrong Are Those Simpletons, Of Whom The World Is Full, Who Look More At... Color Than At The Figures Which Show Spirit And Movement.

I Am No Artist - Please Come And Help Me.

Read The Heart And Not The Letter For The Pen Cannot Draw Near The Good Intent.