The power of one fair face makes my love sublime, for it has weaned my heart from low desires.
And still I am learning.
The sculpture is already complete within the marble block, before I start my work. It is already there, I just have to chisel away the superfluous material.
Lord, make me see thy glory in every place.
I cannot live under pressures from patrons, let alone paint.
Let whoever may have attained to so much as to have the power of drawing know that he holds a great treasure.