All artists are crackpots. And it's their finest feature.

There is no thrill of mortal danger to surpass that of a lone man trying to create something that never existed before.

There are no faster or firmer friendships than those formed between people who love the same books.

It's freezing up here. What did you use to keep warm?" "Indignation," said Michelangelo. "Best fuel I know. Never burns out.

To be an artist is first to be a manual laborer.

No man is born into the world whose work is not born with him.

You cannot be firmly certain about anything. You can only have enough courage and strength to do what you consider to be right. Maybe it turns out that was wrong, but still you would have done his, and it is most important.