Quotes by Jacques-Louis David

• In the arts the way in which an idea is rendered, and the manner in which it is expressed, is much more important than the idea itself.
• To give a body and a perfect form to one's thought, this - and only this - is to be an artist.
• If the work is poor, the public taste will soon do it justice. And the author, reaping neither glory nor fortune, will learn by hard experience how to correct his mistakes.