Nature! We live in her midst and know her not. She is incessantly speaking to us, but betrays not her secret. We constantly act upon her, and yet have no power over her. Variant: NATURE! We are surrounded and embraced by her: powerless to separate ourselves from her, and powerless to penetrate beyond her.

The connoisseur of art must be able to appreciate what is simply beautiful, but the common run of people is satisfied with ornament.

Writing history is a method of getting rid of the past.

He who serves the public is a poor animal; he worries himself to death and no one thanks him for it.

If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.

Blood is a very special juice.

There is no better deliverance from the world than through art, and a man can form no surer bond with it.