It is evident that an acquaintance with natural laws means no less than an acquaintance with the mind of God therein expressed.
I gave up lots of things I love doing: writing, and business, and playing the piano and so on.
In every work of art the subject is primordial, whether the artist knows it or not. The measure of the formal qualities is only a sign of the measure of the artist's obsession with his subject; the form is always in proportion to the obsession.