The amount of money one needs is terrifying.

Don't only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets; art deserves that, for it and knowledge can raise man to the Divine.

It seemed unthinkable for me to leave the world forever before I had produced all that I felt called upon to produce

Then let us all do what is right, strive with all our might toward the unattainable, develop as fully as we can the gifts God has given us, and never stop learning

Fate gave to man the courage of endurance.

Art always demands of us something new.

Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess?