A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great.

All the gestures of children are graceful; the reign of distortion and unnatural attitudes commences with the introduction of the dancing master.

Could we teach taste or genius by rules, they would be no longer taste and genius.

A room hung with pictures is a room hung with thoughts.

Words should be employed as the means, not the end; language is the instrument, conviction is the work

Few have been taught to any purpose who have not been their own teachers.