Painting predicates what man wants to see, and what man ought to see, not what he ordinarily sees.

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.

Human life-everybody lives it, but only to a few is it known.

Napoleon for the sake of a good name broke in pieces half the world.

The thinker makes a great mistake when he asks after cause and effect. They both together make up the indivisible phenomenon.

Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.

Talent develops in quiet, alone; character is sharpened in the torrent of the world.