A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her.

A subject that is beautiful in itself gives no suggestion to the artist. It lacks imperfection.

Hard work is amply the refuge of those who have nothing to do.

The girl never really lived, and so she has never really died.

Do not be afraid of the past. If people tell you that it is irrevocable, do not believe them.

I now see that sorrow, being the supreme emotion of which man is capable, is at once the type and test of all great art.

It's not hard to get the ideas when they come. They just come... it's painful waiting for them.