The art of conversation is to be prompt without being stubborn, to refute without argument, and to clothe great matters in a motley garb.

An amateur may not be an artist, though an artist should be an amateur.

In art the Greeks were the children of the Egyptians. The day may yet come when we shall do justice to the high powers of that mysterious and imaginative people.

In the study of the fine arts, they mutually assist each other.