“A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession.”

“I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for.”

“Writing is truly a creative art - putting word to a blank piece of paper and ending up with a full-fledged story rife with character and plot.”

“More than art, more than literature, music is universally accessible.”

“There is no more difficult art to acquire than the art of observation, and for some men it is quite as difficult to record an observation in brief and plain language.”

“When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life.”

“Evil is committed without effort, naturally, fatally goodness is always the product of some art.”

“Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.”

“To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist.”