The secret to life is meaningless unless you discover it yourself.

I am sick of this way of life. The weariness and sadness of old age make it intolerable. I have walked with death in hand, and death's own hand is warmer than my own. I don't wish to live any longer.

People are always a little disconcerted when you don't recognize them, they are so important to themselves, it is a shock to discover of what small importance they are to others. [The human element]

We learn resignation not by our own suffering, but by the suffering of others.

Beauty is also a Gift of God, one of the most rare and precious, and we should be thankful if we are happy enough to possess it and thankful, if we are not, that others possess it for our pleasure.

Art is a manifestation of emotion, and emotion speaks a language that all may understand.

The artist produces for the liberation of his soul. It is his nature to create as it is the nature of water to run down the hill.