We talk too much. We should talk less and draw more.

One of the most striking signs of the decay of art is the intermixing of different genres.

If society gives up the right to impose the death penalty, then self-help will appear again and personal vendettas will be around the corner.

Nothing is good for a nation but that which arises from its own core and its own general wants, without apish imitation of another.

Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.

Tolerance should really be only a temporary attitude; it must lead to recognition. To tolerate means to offend.

In art, to express the infinite one should suggest infinitely more than is expressed.