"As he grew older, Goya turned to a more profound exploration of his face and head. In one sketch [above] there is something of the Romantic sensation of the wildness of genius and the potency of the creative imagination, expressed by the staring eyes and the dramatically curling hair."
GOYA, by Sarah Symmons, Page 136, Phaidon Press Limited, 1998

"Illness had deafened Goya with a shock that transfigures his drawings as if by explosion. Henceforth, everyday doings recede before the drive of his inward visions..."
GOYA: 67 DRAWINGS, comments by A. Hyatt Mayor, Plate 23, New York Graphic Society

"I am the same as ever; as far as my health goes, sometimes I feel furious, in a temper I find unbearable, sometimes I feel calmer, as when writing you now. But I'm already feeling tired; all I can say is that on Monday, God willing, I am going to a bullfight, and I would have liked you to come with me..."
A letter to Zapater, from Goya, 1794