He That Cannot Paint Must

Every Man's Powers Have Relation To Some Kind Of Work; And Whenever He Finds That Kind Of Work Which He Can Do Best--that To Which His Powers Are Best Adapted--he Finds That Which Will Give Him The Best Development, And That By Which He Can Best Build Up, Or Make, His Manhood.

There Is Really Nothing Left To A Genuine Idle Man, Who Possesses Any Considerable Degree Of Vital Power, But Sin.

The Choicest Thing This World Has For A Man Is Affection.

The Temple Of Art Is Built Of Words. Painting And Sculpture And Music Are But The Blazon Of Its Windows, Borrowing All Their Significance From The Light, And Suggestive Only Of The Temple's Uses.

Life Was Intended To Be So Adjusted That The Body Should Be The Servant Of The Soul, And Always Subordinate To The Soul.