“You might curb your magnanimity, and be more of an artist, and load every rift of your subject with ore.”

“If your mind is truly, profoundly stuck, then it might be much better off than when it was loaded with ideas”

“With the pride of an artist, you must blow against the walls of every power that exists, the small trumpet of your defiance.”

“I think it will thrill you. It may shock you. It might even horrify you. So if any of you feel that you do not care to subject your nerves to such a strain, now is your chance to—Well, we warned you.”

“Remember, though, your best weapon is between your ears and under your scalp—provided it’s loaded.”

“You must forget all your theories, all your ideas before the subject. What part of these is really your own will be expressed in your expression of the emotion awakened in you by the subject.”

“Ascente cha ores ri ve breazza."
"Turn your ear to the wind," she interpreted. "Stand strong.”

“Load up on guns, bring your friends.”

“Love the world. Otherwise, you will be forced to carry the heaviest load: your own bitter self.”

“You are born an artist or you are not. And you stay an artist, dear, even if your voice is less of a fireworks. The artist is always there.”