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" Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it. "

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" 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. "

" Creativity is putting your imagination to work, and it's produced the most extraordinary results in human culture. "

" Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything. "

" A man paints with his brains and not with his hands. "

" The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself. "

" Imagination is more important than knowledge. "

Albert Einstein

" Genius is eternal patience. "

" The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has. "

" It is well with me only when I have a chisel in my hand. "

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

" Even if you are divine, you don't disdain male consorts. "

" Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle. "

" The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless. "

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

" If we have been pleased with life, we should not be displeased with death, since it comes from the hand of the same master. "

" It is necessary to keep one's compass in one's eyes and not in the hand, for the hands execute, but the eye judges. "

" The power of imagination makes us infinite. "

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

" What do you despise? By this you are truly known. "

" Death and love are the two wings that bear the good man to heaven. "

" There is no greater harm than that of time wasted. "

" What spirit is so empty and blind, that it cannot recognize the fact that the foot is more noble than the shoe, and skin more beautiful than the garment with which it is clothed? "

" 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. "

" When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do. "

" You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. "

" Carving is easy, you just go down to the skin and stop. "

" The promises of this world are, for the most part, vain phantoms; and to confide in one's self, and become something of worth and value is the best and safest course. "

" The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination. "

Albert Einstein

" We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality. "

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

" I have never felt salvation in nature. I love cities above all. "