About his sculpture of David: "I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free."
1.Genius is eternal patience.
2.The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.
3. The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.
4. Every beauty which is seen here by persons of perception resembles more than anything else that celestial source from which we all are come.
5.Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.