I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need.
Rodin
What do I need?
No...not what you tell me I need
What do I need?
What am I trying to be
What am I trying to see
What am  I trying to say?
What do I need?
No more than I have 
and that's poetiquejustis 
 The thief comes only to steal and   kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
John 10:10