I Am Still Learning. (at Age 87)

Every Block Of Stone Has A Statue Inside It And It Is The Task Of The Sculptor To Discover It.

No Thought Is Born In Me That Does Not Bear The Image Of Death.

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.

Trifles Make Perfection, And Perfection Is No Trifle.

It Is Not Sufficient Merely To Be A Great Master In Painting And Very Wise, But I Think That It Is Necessary For The Painter To Be Very Moral In His Mode Of Life, Or Even, If Such Were Possible, A Saint, So That The Holy Spirit May Inspire His Intellect.