True artists scorn nothing.

One must place one's principles in big things. For the small, graciousness will suffice.

If we understood the enigmas of life there would be no need for art.

Great feelings take with them their own universe, splendid or abject. They light up with their passion an exclusive world in which they recognize their climate.

All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. Great works are often born on a street corner or in a restaurant's revolving door.

Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object.

The soul of a murderer is blind