In every artist there is a touch of audacity without which no talent is conceivable.
Life is too short to drink bad wine.
The mark of highest originality lies in the ability to develop a familiar idea so fruitfully that it would seem no one else would ever have discovered so much to be hidden in it.
The greater the knowledge, the greater the doubt.
The proper place for liberality is in the realm of the emotions.
Divide and rule, a sound motto. Unite and lead, a better one.