A school of art or of anything else is to be looked on as a single individual, who keeps talking to himself for a hundred years, and feels an extreme satisfaction with his own circle of favorite ideas, be they ever so silly.

Everything is simpler than you think and at the same time more complex than you imagine

Yet through delivery orators succeed, I feel that I am far behind indeed.

Originality provokes originality.

Of all thieves, fools are the worst; they rob you of time and temper.

Not the maker of plans and promises, but rather the one who offers faithful service in small matters. This is the person who is most likely to achieve what is good and lasting.

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.