Colors in painting are as allurements for persuading the eyes, as the sweetness of meter is in poetry.
It is impossible to work at the same time upon frontispieces of books: a Virgin: at the picture for the congregation of St. Louis, at the designs for the gallery, and for the king's tapestry! I have only a feeble head, and am not aided by anyone!
The purpose of art is delectation
Drawing is the skeleton of what you do and color is its flash.