Genius is born-not paid
A beggar hates his benefactor as much as he hates himself for begging.
Most people live for love and admiration. But it is by love and admiration that we should live.
When our eyes met, I felt that I was growing pale. A curious sensation of terror came over me. I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality was so fascinating that, if I allowed it to do so, it would absorb my whole nature, my whole soul, my very art itself.
Consistency is the last refuge of the unimagininative.
To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.