Art for art's sake makes no more sense than gin for gin's sake.
We do not write as we want, but as we can.
Reverie is the groundwork of creative imagination; it is the privilege of the artist that with him it is not as with other men an escape from reality, but the means by which he accedes to it.
Life isn't long enough for love and art.
As the cosmos are in place, so be it with your life.
The life force is vigorous. The delight that accompanies it counter-balances all the pains and hardships that confront men. It makes life worth living.