"Beauty perishes in life, but is immortal in art."

"The eye, which is called the window of the soul, is the principal means by which the central sense can most completely and abundantly appreciate the infinite works of Nature."

"There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, and those who do not see."

"The eye encompasses the beauty of the whole world."

"The eye sees a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination awake."

"The eyes are the windows of the soul."