No great work of art is ever finished..

The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark..

Your greatness is measured by your horizons..

Your gifts lie in the place where your values, passions and strengths meet. Discovering that place is the first step toward sculpting your masterpiec….

Do not fret, for God did not create us to abandon us..

An artist does his most difficult work when he steps back from the blank canvas and thinks about what he is going to create..

Perfection is no small thing, but it is made up of small things..

Do not be concerned that you might set a target too high and fail. Be concerned that you will set it too low and succeed..

The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it..

The idea is there locked inside. All you have to do is remove the excess stone..

Art is the gift of God, and must be used unto His glory. That in art is highest which aims at this..

Only God creates. The rest of us just copy..

Art is a shadow of Divine perfection..

In every block of marble I see a statue as plain as though it stood before me, shaped and perfect in attitude and action. I have only to hew away the….

I couldn't give you something mediocre even if that's all you asked for..

Sculpture is made by taking away, while painting is made by adding..

Genius is eternal patience..

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

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

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 garm….

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