"Painting is concerned with all the 10..." - Quote by Leonardo Da Vinci

“Man and the animals are merely a passage and channel for food, a tomb for other animals, a haven for the dead, giving life by the death of others, a coffer full of corruption.”

“Not to appreciate life, all of life, is not to deserve it.”

“Nothing is hidden under the sun.”

“Only when painting isn't painting can there be an affront to modesty.”

“The first object of the painter is to make a flat plane appear as a body in relief and projecting from that plane”

“Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter?”

“That complete statement which is literature.”

“Art calls for complete mastery of techniques, developed by reflection within the soul.”

“Poetry has done enough when it charms, but prose must also convince.”