An artist would not rise above the mediocrity if he condemns it.
He had been standing still; for an artist, one of the more painful forms of death.
No man is born into the world whose work is not born with him.
Religion will never show the way.
Fortune is beastly - it is only suitable for cows and businessmen.
One should not become an artist because he can, but because he must. It is only for those who would be miserable without it.