It is after all the greatest art to limit and isolate oneself.

The older we get the more we must limit ourselves if we wish to be active.

As all Nature's thousands changes But one changeless God proclaim; So in Art's wide kingdom ranges One sole meaning still the same: This is Truth, eternal Reason, Which from Beauty takes its dress, And serene through time and season Stands aye in loveliness.

The work of art may have a moral effect, but to demand moral purpose from the artist is to make him ruin his work

The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it.

The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art.