Good and evil lie close together. Seek no artistic unity in character.

Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity.

Before God, there is neither Greek nor barbarian, neither rich nor poor, and the slave is as good as his master, for by birth all men are free; they are citizens of the universal commonwealth which embraces all the world, brethren of one family, and children of God.

I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money.

Despotic power is always accompanied by corruption of morality.

If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation.

It is very easy to speak words of wisdom from a comfortable distance, when one sees no reality, no details, none of the effect on men's minds.