“The simple fact that something has not been done, is no proof that it cannot be.”
“The task of the artist at any time is uncompromisingly simple — to discover what has not yet been done, and to do it.”
“You cannot hope to sweep someone else away by the force of your writing until it has been done to you.”
“Beyond the obvious facts that he has at some time done manual labour, that he takes snuff, that he is a Freemason, that he has been in China, and that he has done a considerable amount of writing lately, I can deduce nothing else.”
“Your numbness is something perhaps you cannot help. It is what the world has done to you. But your coldness. That is what you do to the world.”
“We cannot love something solely because it has been ignored. It must also be worthy of our attention. ”