Love is eternal -- the aspect may change, but not the essence. There is the same difference in a person before and after he is in love as there is in an unlighted lamp and one that is burning. The lamp was there and was a good lamp, but now it is shedding light too, and that is its real function. And love makes one calmer about many things, and that way, one is more fit for one's work.

Bookstores always remind me that there are good things in this world.

One can speak poetry just by arranging colors well, just as one can say comforting things in music.

To die for the sake of dying - I prefer to die of passion than to die of boredom!

One must spoil as many canvases as one succeeds with.

Be clearly aware of the stars and infinity on high. Then life seems almost enchanted after all.

A woman is not old as long as she loves and is loved