It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.

Artistic temperament is like a king with vigor and unlimited opportunity. You shake the structure to pieces by playing with it.

Art invariably grows out of a period when, in general, the artist admires his own nation and wants to win its approval.

But I suppose you must touch life in order to spring from it.

Let's borrow life preservers and jump over. I think we should do something spectacular. I feel that all our lives have been too restrained.