hiː wʌz lˈeɪɾɚɹ ɐksˈɛptᵻd ˌɪntʊ ɹˈɔɪəl nˈɛðɜːləndz ɐkˈædəmi ʌv ˈɑːɹts ænd sˈaɪənsᵻz bˌʌt wʊd sˈʌbsᵻkwəntli tˈɜːn ɪt dˌaʊn æz hiː fˈɛlt ðætðə lˈɔŋ jˈɪɹz ʌv stˈʌdi wʊd biː nˈʌθɪŋ ɪn kəmpˈæɹɪsən tə ɹˈiːəl lˈaɪf ɛkspˈiəɹɪəns.
He was later accepted into Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences but would subsequently turn it down as he felt that the long years of study would be nothing in comparison to real life experience.