I would much rather be hated for who I am, then loved for something that I am not.
The great artist is conscious of the talent and power he possesses otherwise he would not see his faults and so would not be able to improve.
Don't mind what people say to you, find out what you have in yourself and do your best, that is the only hope in life
One judges an epoch as much by its Art as by its customs.
It is true that the environment does have an influence but what has much greater effect on the artist is love or hatred. He uses his setting to express these things.
A man won't steal, ordinarily, unless that which he steals is something he cannot as easily get without stealing; in liberty the cost of stealing would involve greater difficulties than producing, and consequently he would not be apt to steal.
A poet can't afford to be aloof. The tools of his trade are the people he bumps up against.
The true poet, is like a man who's happy anywhere, in endless measure, if he's allowed to look at leaves and grass, to see the sun rise and set.
Most people don't grow up. It's too damn difficult. What happens is most people get older.