The artist who is after success lets himself be influenced by the public. Generally such an artist contributes nothing new, for the public acclaims only what it already knows, what it recognizes.
Only fools don't contradict themselves
Man's first and greatest victory must be won against the gods.
If a young writer can refrain from writing, he shouldn’t hesitate to do so.
Laws and rules of conduct are for the state of childhood; education is an emancipation.
An artist cannot get along without a public; and when the public is absent, what does he do? He invents it, and turning his back on his age, he looks toward the future for what the present denies.