To do anything, it is first necessary to be doing nothing.
What man can imagine he may one day achieve.
The dead hand of research lies heavy on too many novels.
The best work of artists in any age is the work of innocence liberated by technical knowledge. The laboratory experiments that led to the theory of pure color equipped the impressionists to paint nature as if it had only just been created.
one must find one's natural home, not try to construct it.
Mine! There isn't any such thing as mine. The world slips slithering through my fingers.