What fun it would be to be poor, as long as one was excessively poor! Anything in excess is most exhilarating

One cannot weep for the entire world, it is beyond human strength. One must choose.

Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then the mind grows heated. Begin, and then the work will be completed.

Death has to be waiting at the end of the ride before you truly see the earth, and feel your heart, and love the world.

Talent is like a faucet, while it is open, one must write.

Beauty, real beauty, is something very grave. If there is a God, He must be partly that.

The object of art is to give life shape.