The University brings out all abilities, including incapability.

To make a face from marble means to remove from the slab everything that is not the face

Man has been endowed with reason, with the power to create, so that he can add to what he's been given.

You ask me what life is. That's like asking what a carrot is. A carrot is a carrot, and there's nothing more to know.

For God's sake, have some self-respect and do not run off at the mouth if your brain is out to lunch.

In displaying the psychology of your characters, minute particulars are essential. God save us from vague generalizations!

It is time for writers to admit that nothing in this world makes sense. Only fools and charlatans think they know and understand everything. The stupider they are, the wider they conceive their horizons to be. And if an artist decides to declare that he understands nothing of what he sees - this in itself constitutes a considerable clarity in the realm of thought, and a great step forward.