One must be truthful and honest in his approach; a constant independent inquiry and not blindly following a certain blue print laid down by others

To me defeat in anything is merely temporary. Defeat simply tells me that something is wrong in my doing; it is a path leading to success and truth.

I've come to understand that life is best lived, not conceptualized.

If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today.

Do not like, do not dislike; all will then be clear. Make a hairbreadth difference and heaven and earth are set apart.

Don’t indulge in any unnecessary, sophisticated moves

Art is the way to the absolute and to the essence of human life. The aim of art is not the one-sided promotion of spirit, soul and senses, but the opening of all human capacities – thought, feeling, will – to the life rhythm of the world of nature. So will the voiceless voice be heard and the self be brought into harmony with it.