From such a gentle thing, from such a fountain of all delight, my every pain is born.

A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it.

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

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

To see I was born, To look is my call, To the tower sworn, I delight in all. I glance out far, And see what is near... You blessed eyes, What you saw everywhere,

Every beauty which is seen here by persons of perception resembles more than anything else that celestial source from which we all are come.