“When my daily Babylon allows me, I go into my STUDIO. Sometimes with Leonardo, Mantegna, Dürer or Tizian, some other times accompanied by a model, but, more often alone. It is there where i sink into an unknown wonderful world full of surprises. By the end of my hard work i get back to the real world, not with a pearl but with a hand full of sand. It is the moment when gently, almoast unseen in the twilight of the room, in the middle of the studio, with tired wings – THE MELANCHOLY sits down on my chair.“ (Ion Stendl)