“He would never again tempt innocence. He would be good.”

“It would kill the past, and when that was dead, he would be free.”

“How extraordinary! I thought you would never care for anything but your art.”“He is all my art to me now.”

“Mi bella princesa, your funny little dwarf will never dance again. It is a pity; for he is so ugly that he might have made the King smile. 'But why will he never dance again?' asked the Infanta laughing. “Because his heart is broken”, answered the Chamberlain.”

“He wanted to be where no one would know who he was. He wanted to escape from himself.”

“No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.”

“One is tempted to define man as a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.”