"The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity... and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself."
"Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed."
"When i tell the truth, it is not for the sake of convincing those who do not know it, but for the sake of defending those that do."
"If the Sun and Moon should ever doubt, they'd immediately go out."
"He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars: general Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite, and flatterer, for Art and Science cannot exist but in minutely organized Particulars."
"He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star."