He had been standing still; for an artist, one of the more painful forms of death.

You cannot be the good all the time — sometimes it is necessary to get angry. [Vincent Van Gogh]

One should not become an artist because he can, but because he must. It is only for those who would be miserable without it.

The writer ... an athlete required to break the four-minute mile every morning.

Fortune is beastly - it is only suitable for cows and businessmen.

Everyone has their own personality, its own character, and if he respects that, everything would finally fall over for good only.

How can a young person learn whether he chose the correct way? He thinks he has a special idea, and then he discovers that he is completely inappropriate for it.