The miller imagines that the corn grows only to make his mill turn.

Everything is hard before it is easy.

A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is a child of solitude.

As for solitude, I cannot understand how certain people seek to lay claim to intellectual stature, nobility of soul and strength of character, yet have not the slightest feeling for seclusion; for solitude, I maintain, when joined with a quiet contemplation of nature, a serene and conscious faith in creation and the Creator, and a few vexations from outside is the only school for a mind of lofty endowment.

The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art.

One ought, everyday, to hear a song, read a fine poem, and, if possible, to speak a few reasonable words.

The nude is the perfect expression of freedom. Freedom to be.