Long live impudence. It was my guardian angel in this world.

The cult of individual personalities is always, in my view, unjustified. To be sure, nature distributes her gifts variously among her children. But there are plenty of the well-endowed ones too, thank God, and I am firmly convinced that most of them live quiet, unregarded lives.

It is best, it seems to me, to separate one's inner striving from one's trade as far as possible. It is not good when one's daily break is tied to God's special blessing.

Man's will, sustained by an indominable conviction, is much more powerful than material forces that seem insurmountable.

It gives me great pleasure indeed to see the stubbornness of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly acclaimed.

In my experience, the best creative work is never done when one is unhappy.

The value of a man resides in what he gives