Do not fret, for God did not create us to abandon us.

The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.

Art is the gift of God, and must be used unto His glory. That in art is highest which aims at this.

I already have a wife who is too much for me.. she is my art, and my works are my children.

Is it any wonder, since, when near the fire, I was melted and burned, if now that it's extinguished outside me, it besets and consumes me inside, and bit by bit reduces me to ashes?

Carving is easy, you just go down to the skin and stop.

The promises of this world are, for the most part, vain phantoms; and to confide in one's self, and become something of worth and value is the best and safest course.