“Ancora Imparo(Yet I am learning)”

“I am still learning.”

“If I am more alive because love burns and chars me,as a fire, given wood or wind, feels new elation,it's that he who lays me low is my salvation,and invigorates the more, the more he scars me.”

“Believe it or not, I can actually draw.”

“I was never the kind of painter or sculptor who kept a shop.”

“With few words I shall make thee understand my soul.”

“So now, from this mad passionWhich made me take art for an idol and a kingI have learnt the burden of error that it boreAnd what misfortune springs from man's desire... The world's frivolities have robbed me of the timeThat I was given for reflecting upon God.”