"I, painting
from myself and to myself
know what I do, am unmoved by men's
blame
or their praise either. Somebody remarks,
Morello's
outline there is wrongly traced
his hue mistaken; what of it? or else,
Rightly traced and
well ordered;
what of that?
Speak as they please, what does the mountain care?
Ah, but
a man's reach should exceed his grasp,
or what's a heaven for?
Robert Browning
1855
The Faultless painter