One must never let the fire go out in one's soul, but keep it burning.

Let us keep courage and try to be patient and gentle. And let us not mind being eccentric, and make distinction between good and evil.

God sends us pieces of art so that we may see ourselves in them

I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.

How can I be useful, of what service can I be? There is something inside me, what can it be?

If one were to say but few words, though ones with meaning, one would do better than to say many that were only empty sounds, and just as easy to utter as they were of little use.

The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides and in its depths it has its pearls too