You only have power over people so long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he's no longer in your power - he's free again.

Your friend will argue with you.

Generosity is a two-edged virtue for an artist - it nourishes his imagination but has a fatal effect on his routine.

The most intense patriotism always flourishes in the rear.

I insist on believing that beauty elevates human beings.

The "October Revolution" is a myth generated by the winners, the Bolsheviks, and swallowed whole by progressive circles in the West.

But nothing is all black in nature.