It's not evil that's ruining the earth, but mediocrity. The crime is not that Nero played while Rome burned, but that he played badly.

The beautiful are shyer than the ugly, for they move in a world that does not ask for beauty.

Compose first, worry later.

Art means to dare - and to have been right.

Arguably, no artist grows up: If he sheds the perceptions of childhood, he ceases being an artist.

Greatness is not the effect of which inspiration is the cause. We are all inspired, but we are all not great.

Quarrels in France strengthen a love affair, in America they end it.