The creative impulses of man are always at war with the possessive impulses.

The creative impulses of man are always at war with the possessive impulses

The man who has the courage of his platitudes is always a successful man.

People of small caliber are always carping. They are bent on showing their own superiority, their knowledge or prowess or good breeding.

Magnanimous people have no vanity, they have no jealousy, and they feed on the true and the solid wherever they find it. And, what is more, they find it everywhere.

As against having beautiful workshops, studios, etc., one writes best in a cellar on a rainy day.