“Set me anything to do as a task, and it is inconceivable the desire I have to do something else.”

“And oh, Claudia, Claudilla, ask me to do something -something that I can do. Do not ask me to forget you or to be indifferent to you. Do not ask me to have no interest in how you pass your time. But if we are separated, set me a task, something that will be a daily link with you.”

“I believe that, with anything in life, if you have the patience, desire and passion, you can do whatever you set your mind to.”

“There have been times when I think we do not desire heaven, but more often I find myself wondering whether, in our heart of hearts, we have desired anything else.”

“set me a task in witch i can put something of my very self and it is a task no longer,it is joy;it is art.”

“Do you have anything to declare?' the statue asked me. 'Yes. I do have something to declare.' I said. 'I declare this is [dumb]”