Great sculptors and artists spend countless hours perfecting their talents. They don't pick up a chisel or a brush and palette, expecting immediate perfection. They understand that they will make many errors as they learn, but they start with the basics, the key fundamentals first.
Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete a character.
A sculptor wields The chisel, and the stricken marble grows To beauty.
It is well with me only when I have a chisel in my hand.
A disease and its treatment can be a series of humiliations, a chisel for humility.