The great things in life are what they seem to be. And for that reason, strange as it may sound to you, often are very difficult to interpret (understand). Great passions are for the great of souls. Great events can only be seen by people who are on a level with them. We think we can have our visions for nothing. We cannot. Even the finest and most self-sacrificing visions have to be paid for. Strangely enough, that is what makes them fine.

The only thing I cannot resist is temptation.

I do not approve of anything which tampers with natural ignorance

The only way to get rid of tempation is to yeild to it.

To be in love is to surpass one's self.

It was you I thought of all the time, I gave to them the love you did not need: lavished on them a love that was not theirs.

Art finds her own perfection within, and not outside of, herself. She is not to be judged by any external standard of resemblance.