Abbreviators do harm to knowledge and to love.
That which can be lost cannot be deemed riches.
The sun gives spirit and life to the plants and the earth nourishes them with moisture.
The painter strives and competes with nature.
The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands.
The vine that has grown old on an old tree falls with the ruin of that tree, and through that bad companionship must perish with it.