“Every true artist is the salvation of every other. Only artists produce for each other a world that is fit to live in.”
“Every true artist is at war with the world.”
“I'm the only true artist Rome has known - the only one, believe me - to match his inspiration with his deeds.CHEREA: That's only a matter of having the power.CALIGULA: Quite true. Other artists create to compensate for their lack of power. I don't need to make a work of art; I live it.”
“Bad artists always admire each others work.”
“The artist who is too sensitive for contacts with the non-artistic world is thereby too sensitive for his vocation, and fit only to fall into gentle ecstasies over the work of artists less sensitive than himself.”
“When the woman you live with is an artist, every day is a surprise.”