الرسّام، من حيث التنفيذ، صانعٌ ماهر؛ أمّا من حيث التصوّر والروح والتصميم، فهو لا يقلّ كثيراً عن الشاعر.

“The painter is, as to the execution of his work, a mechanic; but as to his conception and spirit and design he is hardly below even the poet.”Friedrich Schiller