‘Ancora Imparo’ (Italian for “I am still learning.”)
by George Huang on September 5, 2007
"Michaelangelo died at eighty-five, leaving an unfinished sculpture and a drawing near where he was found. The drawing was actually a caricature of himself as an old man. Next to the sketch were the words, ‘Still learning’.
On his deathbed, Leonardo was asked how he felt. He replied, "A day well spent makes it sweet to sleep. A life well used makes it sweet to die."
- Excerpted from Chanticleer, a publication of the Marin County Waldorf School; reprinted in Waldorf Education: A Family Guide.
