If I had it to do again, I would less often judge myself and more often ask for a jury.

There are more martyrs to nonsense than truth, truth preferring missionaries.

The painter needs all the talent of the poet, plus hand-eye coordination.

There's nothing like self-improvement to get your friends to like you for who you were.

Sometimes two people need to step apart and make a space between that each might see the other anew, in a glance across a room or silhouetted against the moon.

The artist's talent sits uneasy as an object of public acclaim, having been so long an object of private despair.

A successful artist is inspired by his muse, and his muse is inspired by the payment of a commission.