The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.
Many believe - and I believe - that I have been designated for this work by God. In spite of my old age, I do not want to give it up I work out of love for God and I put all my hope in Him.
I am a poor man and of little worth, who is laboring in that art that God has given me in order to extend my life as long as possible.
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.
The best artist has that thought alone Which is contained within the marble shell The sculptor's hand can only break the spell To free the figures slumbering in the stone.
The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself.
I am a poor man and of little worth, who is laboring in that art that God has given me in order to extend my life as long as possible.
Many believe - and I believe - that I have been designated for this work by God. In spite of my old age, I do not want to give it up I work out of love for God and I put all my hope in Him.
Many believe - and I believe - that I have been designated for this work by God. In spite of my old age, I do not want to give it up I work out of love for God and I put all my hope in Him.