it's not my job to preach a sermon. Art is anyhow a homily. My job is to speak in living images, not in arguments. I must exhibit life full-face, not discuss life.

But wise is the man who disdains no character, but with searching glance explores him to the root and cause of all.

Of course, Alexander the Great was a hero, but why smash the chairs?

They're thinking of turning the peasant into an educated man. Why, first of all they should make him a good and prosperous farmer and then he'll learn all that is necessary for him to know.

Gambling is the great leveller. All men are equal- at cards.

[F]or contemporary judgment does not recognize that much depth of soul is needed to light up the picture drawn from contemptible life and elevate it into a pearl of creation.

Keep not money, but keep good people's company.