"Ah, the Faun from mt studiolo," said Lorenzo.
"Yes."
"You left out his beard."
"I did not feel it necessary."
"Isn't the job of the copyist to copy?"
"The sculptor is not a copyist."
"Not even an apprentice?"
"No. The student must create something new from something old."
"And where does the new come from?"
"From where all art comes. Inside himself."
He thought he saw a flicker in Lorenzo's eye.
- Irving Stone, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY
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