Art is the right hand of Nature. The latter has only given u... - Friedrich Schiller

"There are three lessons I would write-Three words, as with a burning pen, In tracings of eternal light,Upon the heart of men.Have hope! though clouds environ round,And gladness hides her face in scorn,Put thou the shadow from thy brow,No night but hath its morn.Have love! not love alone for one, But man as man thy brother call,And scatter like the circling sun,Thy charities on all."

"There is room in the smallest cottage for a happy loving pair."

"Art is the daughter of freedom."

"Grace is the beauty of form under the influence of freedom."

"Only through Beauty's morning-gate, dost thou penetrate the land of knowledge."