Man is used to the fact that there are languages which he does not at first understand and which must be learned, but because art is primarily visual he expects that he should get the message immediately and is apt to be affronted if he doesn't.
Passion is like genius: a miracle.
There is only one heroism in the world: to see the world as it is, and to love it.
Most men are essentially dead by thirty.
There is no joy other than the joy of creating. There is no man who is truly alive other than one who is creating. All others are just shadows on the earth with nothing to do with being alive. The joy of living, whether it is love or action, is the joy of creating.
Be reverent before the dawning day. Do not think of what will be in a year, or in ten years. Think of to-day.
No one ever reads a book. He reads himself through books.
One cannot use the life to interpret the work. But One can use the work to interpret the life.
A cherefull looke makes a dish a feast.
Leave the rest to the gods.
In general, Russia suffers from a frightening poverty in the sphere of facts and a frightening wealth of all types of arguments.