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There Is No Art Which Has Not Had Its Beginnings In Things Full Of Errors. Nothing Is At The Same Time Both New And Perfect.

Painting Contains A Divine Force Which Not Only Makes Absent Men Present, As Friendship Is Said To Do, But Moreover Makes The Dead Seem Almost Alive.

The Greatest Work Of An Artist Is The History Of A Painting.

What Is Painting But The Act Of Embracing, By Means Of Art, The Surface Of The Pool?

Philosophers Say That Nothing Can Be Seen That Is Neither Illuminated Nor Colored.