Nothing comes easily. My work smells of sweat.

Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.

It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one's neighbor.

It is compassion rather than the principle of justice which can guard us against being unjust to our fellow men.

Sensuality reconciles us with the human race. The misanthropy of the old is due in large part to the fading of the magic glow of desire.

We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.

Action can give us the feeling of being useful, but only words can give us a sense of weight and purpose.