I thought with bitterness of those high-strung modern artists who drove themselves to the pitch of artistic creation with the help of artificial stimulants, whereas I allowed my resources to lie untapped within me.
Mingostasunez oroitzen nintzen jaun moderno urduri haietaz, milaka kitzikapen artifizialez lan artistikora beren burua eztenkatzen zutenez, nigan indar bortitzak erabili gabe eta egonean zeuden bitartean.