One should not become an artist because he can, but because he must. It is only for those who would be miserable without it.

It's freezing up here. What did you use to keep warm?""Indignation," said Michelangelo. "Best fuel I know. Never burns out.

But we artists have to be selfish you know, after all, with each painting, we die a little.

When I compare myself to the other fellows there is something stiff and awkward about me; I look as if I had been in prison for ten years.