Genius is infinite painstaking.
Carving is easy, you just go down to the skin and stop.
The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself.
I was never the kind of painter or sculptor who kept a shop.
Art is the gift of God, and must be used unto His glory. That in art is highest which aims at this.
The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.