He who cannot draw on three thousand years is living from hand to mouth.

There is repetition everywhere, and nothing is found only once in the world.

If each one does their duty as an individual and if each one works in their own proper vocation, it will be right with the whole.

Nothing will change the fact that I cannot produce the least thing without absolute solitude.

He who does not think much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines.

The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art.

I am not omniscient, but I know a lot.