 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. |
