“...there cannot 'be Being' without the eclipse, the inward contradiction of non-being. But non-being which, according to the mystics, 'is so that Being can be', presses on existence as does a vacuum on a membrane. Art brings vehement confirmation. At the heart of form lies a sadness, a trace of loss. A carving is the death of a stone.”

Grammars of Creation, George Steiner