Genius can probably run on ahead and seek out new ways; but the good artists who follow after genius - and I count myself among these - have to restore the lost connection once more.

No longer diverted by other emotions, I work the way a cow grazes.

To this day I do not know whether the power which has inspired my works is something related to religion, or is indeed religion itself.

I do not want to die. . . until I have faithfully made the most of my talent and cultivated the seed that was placed in me until the last small twig has grown.