You must know that I am, of all men who were ever born, the most inclined to love persons. Whenever I behold someone who possesses any talent or displays any dexterity of mind, who can do or say something more appropriately than the rest of the world, I am compelled to fall in love with him; and then I give myself up to him so entirely that I am no longer my own property, but wholly his.

As when, O lady mine, With chiselled touch, The stone unhewn and cold, Becomes a living mould, The more the marble wastes, The more the statue grows.

Art is a jealous thing; it requires the whole and entire man.

Lord, make me see thy glory in every place.

No thought is born in me that does not bear the image of death.

A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it.

Do not be concerned that you might set a target too high and fail. Be concerned that you will set it too low and succeed.