Nothing noble is done without risk.

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.

There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does, the better.

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.

It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.

One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.

Everything is discursive opinion instead of direct experience.

"Therefore" is a word the poet must not know.

Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.

Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.