When you have caught the rhythm of Africa, you find out that it is the same in all her music.

the true art of the gods is the comic. The comic is a condescension of the divine to the world of man; it is the sublime vision, which cannot be studied, but must ever be celestially granted. In the comic the gods see their own being reflected as in a mirror, and while the tragic poet is bound by strict laws, they will allow the comic artist a freedom as unlimited as their own.

Through all the world there goes one long cry from the heart of the artist: Give me a chance to do my best.

All sorrows can be borne if you can put them into a story.

One must in this lower world love many things to know finally what one loves the best.

It is impossible that a town will not play a part in your life, it does not even make much difference whether you have more good or bad things to say of it, it draws your mind to it, by a mental law of gravitation.

When you have caught the rhythm of Africa, you find out that it is the same in all her music.