“The worst sin that can be committed against the artist is to take him at his word, to see in his work a fulfillment instead of an horizon.”

“The worst evil which can befall the artist is that his work should appear good in his own eyes.”

“I have committed the worst sin that can be committed. I have not been happy.”

“Every sin which a man does is without the body, but he that commits fornication sins against his own body.”

“Lord Peter Wimsey: The worst sin - perhaps the only sin - passion can commit, is to be joyless.”

“True penitential confession is joined with reformation. He that does not forsake his sin, as well as confess it, forsakes the benefit of his confession. And indeed, there is no real confession of sin, where there is no real forsaking of sin. It is not enough for us to confess the sins we have committed, but we must resolve against committing again the sins we have committed.”

“The artist must be in his work as God is in creation, invisible and all-powerful; one must sense him everywhere but never see him.”

“The one who thinks he is obliged to commit sin has attributed the responsibility of his sin towards Allah & has accused Him of cruelty & excess upon His servants.”

“The only thing one can give an artist is leisure in which to work. To give an artist leisure is actually to take part in his creation.”

“When a person inflates his own importance, he does not see his own sins; and his sins get bigger right along with him.”