Art is a shadow of Divine perfection.

I am still learning. (at age 87)

The greatest artist has no conception which a single block of white marble does not potentially contain within its mass, but only a hand obedient to the mind can penetrate to this image.

Let it be enough for you to have bread and live virtuously and poorly like Christ, as I do here. I live meanly and don't bother about life or honor ... and I live with the greatest toil and a thousand worries. It is now about 15 years since I had a happy hour.

Love is a beautiful image Imagined or seen within the heart, The friend of virtue and gentility.

So take care of your life and take notice and be observant, for the number of widows is always far greater than the number of widowers.

There is an angel imprisoned in it and I must set it free.