“Work is what you do for others, liebchen. Art is what you do for yourself.”

“What you do for yourself dies with you when you leave this world, what you do for others lives on forever.”

“What you do not use yourself, do not give to others. For example, advice.”

“It is not fair to ask of others what you are unwilling to do yourself.”

“Better to work for yourself alone. You do as you like and follow your own ideas, you admire yourself and please yourself: isn’t that the main thing? And then the public is so stupid. Besides, who reads? And what do they read? And what do they admire?”

“Work hard, do the best you can, don't ever lose faith in yourself and take no notice of what other people say about you.”

“You must aim high, not in what you are going to do at some future date, but in what you are going to make yourself do to-day. Otherwise, working is just a waste of time.”

“First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.”

“Trust others to do the right thing. If you can't do that, trust yourself to survive what happens.”

“You cannot enjoy others until you
enjoy yourself because you cannot give to others what you do not have.”