All good art is an indiscretion

All good art is an indiscretion.

How sad a thing for an artist to abandon his art: I think it's much sadder than death ...,

It is only in his work that an artist can find reality and satisfaction, for the actual world is less intense than the world of his invention and consequently his life, without recourse to violent disorder, does not seem very substantial. The right condition for him is that in which his work in not only convenient but unavoidable.

I can't stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action.

We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way out, just the upstairs window to look out of while the fire burns the house down with us trapped, locked in it.