A work-room should be like an old shoe; no matter how shabby, it's better than a new one.

The heart of another is a dark forest, always, no matter how close it has been to one's own.

It does not matter much whom we live with in this world, but it matters a great deal whom we dream of.

Of all the bewildering things about a new country, the absence of human landmarks is one of the most depressing and disheartening.

The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist, knows how difficult it is.

If youth did not matter so much to itself it would never have the heart to go on