you will always love, and you will always be loved

Imagination is imitative-the real innovation lies in criticism.

A temperament capable of receiving, through an imaginative medium, and under imaginative conditions, new and beautiful impressions, is the only temperament that can appreciate a work of art.

But then one regrets the loss even of one's worst habits. Perhaps one regrets them the most. They are such an essential part of one's personality.

Nature is a wet place where large numbers of ducks fly overhead uncooked.

And with tears of blood he cleansed the hand, The hand that held the steel: For only blood can wipe out blood, And only tears can heal

Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious.