Loneliness is a kind of prison. [Vincent Van Gogh]

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.

Loneliness is a kind of prison. [Vincent Van Gogh]

Reading is a stouthearted activity, disporting courage, keenness, stick-to-it-ness.

Life's not so bad after all. There are not only poison but also antidotes.

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

Do not call yourself old. A man is as old as the creative force within him.