When we are working at a difficult task and strive after a good thing, we are fighting a righteous battle, the direct reward of which is that we are kept from much evil.

And when I read, and really I do not read so much, only a few authors, - a few men that I discovered by accident - I do this because they look at things in a broader, milder and more affectionate way than I do, and because they know life better, so that I can learn from them.

Admire as much as you can. Most people do not admire enough.

Do not become the slave of your model.

It is only too true that a lot of artists are mentally ill - it's a life which, to put it mildly, makes one an outsider. I'm all right when I completely immerse myself in work, but I'll always remain half crazy.

We must not judge God from this world. It's just a study that didn't come off. It's only a master who could make such a blunder.

Love always causes trouble, that's true, but in its favour, it energizes.