“I have already settled it for myself so flattery and criticism go down the same drain and I am quite free.”

“I think it's so foolish for people to want to be happy. Happy is so momentary--you're happy for an instant and then you start thinking again. Interest is the most important thing in life; happiness is temporary, but interest is continuous.”

“I decided to accept as true my own thinking.”

“I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing that I wanted to do.”

“Whether you succeed or not is irrelevant, there is no such thing. Making your unknown known is the important thing--and keeping the unknown always beyond you.”

“If you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for a moment.”

“To create one's world in any of the arts takes courage.”