Over the years I have received reviews and esteemed recognition from critics in the world of art, journalism, and university. At the inauguration of my first studio in Via Manzoni, in 1973, a then young Mimmo Iodice - today photographer of international repute, presented me with a gift of a photographic record of the occasion; an unforgettable and much appreciated, auspicious gesture of good luck at the start of what was to become a florid professional activity in Naples, 'started under a good star’. Following are some quotes which even today remain impressed vividly in my heart and which I take pleasure in remembering.