If youth did not matter so much to itself, it would never have the heart to go on.
One may have staunch friends in one's own family, but one seldom has admirers.
Artistic growth is, more than it is anything else, a refining of the sense of truthfulness.
Life began for me, when I ceased to admire and began to remember.
The world is little, people are little, human life is little. There is only one big thing — desire.
In this world people have to pay an extortionate price for any exceptional gift whatever.