To be able to observe with a stranger's eye helps one to see with an artist's eye. What alienates us inspires.
In art as in life the valid sacrifices are those that bring no income.
In order to remain true to oneself one ought to renounce one's party three times a day.
A few great minds are enough to endow humanity with monstrous power, but a few great hearts are not enough to make us worthy of using it.
Beauty in art is often nothing but ugliness subdued.