Curiously enough, the Sublime is generally achieved through want of proportion.

Painting, in the beginning, was a trade like any other. Some men became picture-makers as others became glaziers or carpenters. Painters painted shields, saddl…

Nature creates unity even in the parts of a whole.

Mythological subjects always new. Modern subjects difficult because of the absence of the nude and the wretchedness of modern costume.

Use harms and even destroys beauty. The noblest function of an object is to be contemplated.

Perfect beauty implies perfect simplicity, a quality that at first sight does not arouse the emotions which we feel before gigantic works, objects whose very d…

Preserving the sweetness of proportion and expressing itself beyond expression.