Nature always resists the artist at the beginning.

Talent is cheap; dedication is expensive. It will cost you your life.

The brooding is better than the joy because even if the heart fills with happiness, it still mourns.

I will be an artist. I am sure I will. [Vincent Van Gogh]

Nature always resists the artist at the beginning.

Bleed me of art, and there won't be enough liquid left in me to spit! [Michelangelo Buonorotti]

Who wants to do good in this world must deny oneself. A man does not live on this Earth to be happy or to be honest only - he has to do great things for humanity, achieve the generosity of the spirit and rise above the banality where most of the people are drowning and wasting their days.