To become an artist you have to be curious.

Who sows virtue reaps honor.

An artist who lacks the power of self-criticism accomplishes but little. It is good if your work stands higher than your own opinion of it; bad if it is on the same level. But it is a great disaster if your work stands lower than your judgment of it.

The artist sees what others only catch a glimpse of.

The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far below the musician in that of invisible things.