Being mad is even pleasant. But only a madman understands that.
Talent is cheap; dedication is expensive. It will cost you your life.
There's no love without pain.
An artist without ideas is a mendicant; barren, he goes begging among the hours.
To be an artist is first to be a manual laborer.
One should not become an artist because he can, but because he must. It is only for those who would be miserable without it.