“Art is very tricky because it's what you do for yourself. It's much harder for me to make those works than the monuments or the architecture. ”
“That is the hardest thing of all. It is much harder to judge yourself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself, it's because you're truly a wise man.”
“It's harder to do work that matters than work that doesn't!”
“Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.”
“what makes a work of fiction safe from larvae and rust is not its social importance but its art, only its art”
“Once a musician has enough ability to get into a top music school, the thing that distinguishes one performer from another is how hard he or she works. That's it. And what's more, the people at the very top don't work just harder or even much harder than everyone else. They work much, much harder.”