“ The heart, like the stomach, wants a varied diet. ”

“ Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything. ”

“ Art requires neither complaisance nor politeness nothing but faith, faith and freedom. ”

“ To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost. ”

“ One mustn't ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for happiness. ”

“ Stupidity is something unshakable nothing attacks it without breaking itself against it it is of the nature of granite, hard and resistant. ”

“ Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times. ”

“ Poetry is as precise a thing as geometry. ”

“ The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but rather those days when out of dejection and despair you feel rise in you a challenge to life, and the promise of future accomplishments. ”

“ I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings. ”