“But in the case of an artist, weakness is nothing less than a crime, when it is a weakness that paralyses the imagination. ”

“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.”

“The greatest and most important thing in the world is founded on weakness. This is a remarkably sure foundation, for nothing is surer than that the people will be weak.”

“There is weakness in pretending to know more than you know or in stating less than you know.”

“He adored force and hated weakness. It is the crime of female natures.”

“The oppressor has always indoctrinated the weak with his interpretation of the crimes of the strong.”