We are our own devils; we drive ourselves out of our Edens.

In art it's not the thinking that does the job, but making.

Every man has enough power left to carry out that of which he is convinced.

To live as one likes is plebian the noble man aspires to order and law.

Men are so constituted that every one undertakes what he sees another successful in, whether he has aptitude for it or not.

Mannerism always wants to be finished and doesn't enjoy the process. Genuine, truly great talent, however, finds its greatest satisfaction in the production.

Stones are mute teachers; they silence the observer, and the most valuable lesson we learn from them we cannot communicate.