A work of art is an exaggeration.

The great artist is one whom constraint exalts, for whom the obstacle is a springboard.

Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.

I have never produced anything good except by a long succession of slight efforts.

The thing I am most aware of is my limits. And this is natural; for I never, or almost never, occupy the middle of my cage; my whole being surges toward the bars.

I believe that in every circumstance I have been able to see rather clearly the most advantageous course I could follow, which is very rarely the one I did follow.

It is essential to persuade the soldier that those he is being urged to massacre are bandits who do not deserve to live; before killing other good, decent fellows like himself, his gun would fall from his hands.