“A fabulist should always add to his cache of exceptional lore the quintessence of relevant and truly undying art. I rue the decimation of prized possessions bequeathed by masters of unassailable clods – inestimable Carrara and other lumpy raiment of earth. Michelangelo’s engaging masterpiece La Pieta has, since my fourteenth year, reminded me of the aftermath of the silence of the Creed of exalted balances. One of art’s points of coronation.”