"It is not the business of the artist to solve problems, but to present them clearly."

"Brevity is the sister of talent."

"We shall die, and they will bury us, and people will forget us. But we shall leave behind us our children, our thoughts, our work."

"The world is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel."

"Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass."