I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.
A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it.
I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.
Beauty is the purgation of superfluities.
A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.
In every block of marble I see a statue as plain as though it stood before me, shaped and perfect in attitude and action. I have only to hew away the rough walls that imprison the lovely apparition to reveal it to the other eyes as mine see it.
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.
If people only knew how hard I work to gain my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all.
Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.
Genius is eternal patience.
I feast on wine and bread, and feasts they are.
I live and love in God's peculiar light.
Trifles go to make perfection,And perfection is no trifle.
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