I have had the habit of drawing shapes of things since I was six years old, and drawn many paintings since about 50 years of age. However, what I had drawn before 70 years old were all insignificant.'
己六才より物の形状を写の癖ありて　半百の此より数々画図を顕といえども　七十年前画く所は実に取るに足るものなし