The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without 'playing up' to anyone - even to himself.

Christ...an anarchist who succeeded. That's all.

To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less.

If man is not ready to risk his life, where is his dignity?

If you can't make art, make your life a work of art.

Genius is not perfected, it is deepened. It does not so much interpret the world as fertilize itself with it.

An artist discovers his genius the day he dares not to please.