
"Head of Demon", Vrubel 1856-1910.
If the painter Vrubel painted the head of his "Demon"
forty times, it was precisely because he was a genius
and not because he was ungifted.
in NEUHAUS, Heinrich The Art of Piano Playing, 1993.
Que responderás naquele dia, quando te forem pedidas contas, até à simples duração de um pestanejo, de como gastaste todo o tempo que te foi dado viver? ANSELMO DE AOSTA, «Meditationes», 2:PL 158, 723.