The artist is present in every page of every book from which he sought so assiduously to eliminate himself.
I think patriotism is like charity -- it begins at home.
In museums and palaces we are alternate radicals and conservatives.
Writing is not primarily escape, but use.
I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of an artistic process.
We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.