And Still I Am Learning.

I Created A Vision Of David In My Mind And Simply Carved Away Everything That Was Not David.

Do Not Fret, For God Did Not Create Us To Abandon Us.

So Now, From This Mad Passion Which Made Me Take Art For An Idol And A King I Have Learnt The Burden Of Error That It Bore And What Misfortune Springs From Man's Desire... The World's Frivolities Have Robbed Me Of The Time That I Was Given For Reflecting Upon God.

The Best Artist Has That Thought Alone Which Is Contained Within The Marble Shell; The Sculptor's Hand Can Only Break The Spell To Free The Figures Slumbering In The Stone.

The Power Of One Fair Face Makes My Love Sublime, For It Has Weaned My Heart From Low Desires.