The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity. |
No theory is good unless it permits, not rest, but the greatest work. No theory is good except on condition that one use it to go on beyond. |
It is good to follow one's own bent, so long as it leads upward. |
Art is the collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better. |
The color of truth is gray. |
The most decisive actions of life are most often unconsidered actions. |
There is no prejudice that the work of art does not finally overcome. |
Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all. |
Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. Its their way of falling. |
Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor. |
Not everyone can be an orphan. |
Sin is whatever obscures the soul. |
Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness. |
Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it. |
Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change. |
Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented. |
The most gifted natures are perhaps also the most trembling. |
It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding themselves. |
Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding. |
What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it, only what destroys it can be told. |