Dante Alighieri

"Art, as far as it is able, follows nature, as a pupil imitates his master thus your art must be, as it were, God's grandchild."

"Nature is the art of God."

"Beauty awakens the soul to act."

"Heat cannot be separated from fire, or beauty from The Eternal."

"The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which go and others come."

"There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery."