The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself.
Never judge a work of art by its defects.
The most intangible, and therefore the worst, kind of a lie is a half truth. This is the peculiar device of a conscientious detractor.
No man knows himself as an original.
Selfishness in art, as in other things, is sensibility kept at home.
Distinction is the consequence, never the object of a great mind.