+ If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all.

+ It grieves me greatly that I cannot recapture my past.. I can only offer you my future, which is short, for I am too old.

+ Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.

+ I cannot live under pressures from patrons, let alone paint.

+ The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.