“Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it.”

“Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.”

“I blame myself without reserve for my weakness. It was merely weakness. One half-hour with Art was always more to me than a cycle with you. Nothing really at any period of my life was ever of the smallest importance to me compared with Art. But in the case of an artist, weakness is nothing less than a crime, when it is a weakness that paralyses the imagination.”

“To create works of art meant no less to him than to paint life, not mere reality, but the principle of life.”

“So what is true for life itself is no less true for the universe: knowing where you came from is no less important than knowing where you are going.”

“Paradox though it may seem - and paradoxes are always dangerous things - it is none the less true that Life imitates art far more than Art imitates life.”