"He was kind to other people and moderate, lived chastely and far from the temptations of this world. He would often say that anyone practising the art of painting needed a quiet and untroubled life, and that the man who portrayed the works of Christ should live with Christ. In short, this monk cannot be praised highly enough, for he was humble and modest in every word and deed. and skillful and reverent in his paintings. The saints which he portrayed resembled true saints more closely than those done by and other arttist."