Integrity Is The Evidence Of All Civil

Only Passions, And Great Passions, Can Raise The Soul To Great Things. Without Them There Is No Sublimity, Either In Morals Or In Creativity. Art Returns To Infancy, And Virtue Becomes Small-minded.

There's A Bit Of Testicle At The Bottom Of Our Most Sublime Feelings And Our Purest Tenderness.

Two Qualities Essential For The Artist: Moralityand Perspective.

When Science, Art, Literature, And Philosophy Are Simply The Manifestation Of Personality They Are On A Level Where Glorious And Dazzling Achievements Are Possible, Which Can Make A Man's Name Live For Thousands Of Years.

If There Is One Realm In Which It Is Essential To Be Sublime, It Is In Wickedness. You Spit On A Petty Thief, But You Can't Deny A Kind Of Respect For The Great Criminal.