I was stunned to learn of his grand commitments to model, paint, design and even legislative issues. In any case, I was significantly more enlivened by the amazing difficulties he overcame all through the majority of his 90 years of life. Nothing came simple. What a motivation! Here is a quote from his passing bed:
"Life has been great. God did not make me to desert me. I have adored marble, yes, and paint as well. I have adored engineering, and verse as well. I have cherished my family and my companions. I have adored God, the types of the earth and the sky, and individuals as well. I have cherished life to the full, and now I adore passing as its regular end. Il Magnifico would be upbeat: for me, the powers of devastation never defeated inventiveness."
It took me 13 months to peruse this book, and I will miss it