You must be either the servant or the master, the hammer or the anvil.

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

As long as you are not aware of the continual law of Die and Be Again, you are merely a vague guest on a dark Earth.

To create something you must be something.

In happy ignorance, I sighed for a world I did not know, where I hoped to find every pleasure and enjoyment which my heart could desire; and now, on my return from that wide world... how many disappointed hopes and unsuccessful plans have I brought back!

If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have plenty of doubts of my own.

To act is easy, to think is hard; to act according to our thought is troublesome.