As for art, he will go his own way, and any opposition would be futile.

A goddess--he perceives it himself--was certainly the most unfortunate subject possible for his--" "Is his Demeter a complete failure ?" asked Daphne anxiously.
"Certainly not," replied Myrtilus eagerly.
"The head is even one of his very best.

Only the figure awakens grave doubts.

In the effort to be faithful to reality, the fear of making concessions to beauty, he lapsed into ungraceful angularity and a sturdiness which, in my opinion, would be unpleasing even in a mortal woman.

The excess of unbridled power again makes it self visible in the wonderfully gifted man.