'Because I love it.'
'Hast thou fame, riches?'
'Yea, sufficient.'
'Why dost thou work?'
'That I may portray Nature in her beauteous forms, and give them forth to the people, that they may ever have the truth in trees and flowers and the ever-changing sea.'
'Thou hast a benevolent spirit, and thy works betray such. Is it not so?'
'Man should not herald every atom of good he possesses.'
'That is true; but, nevertheless, a man's works reflect his inner being. What is thy name?'
'Chios.'
'A Greek?'