Teach your children "virtue": it is virtue, not money, that makes people happy.

It is most fitting for young people to combine the responsibility for education and progress with the obligations they owe to their benefactors and supporters. I did this with my parents.

If I sometimes put the God of Art to sleep, it is only to make him more excited when he wakes up.

What supported me in times of trouble was morality, and what kept me from committing suicide was not only art but also morality.

There are no obstacles for those who are talented and love working.

Wisdom, hard work and genius are higher than nobles and riches.

I would like to prove that anyone who behaves kindly and noblely will be able to withstand adversity because of it.

Pain can destroy people, and those who suffer can also destroy pain.

Wisdom, hard work and genius are higher than nobles and riches.

Those who stand out and become famous rely on virtue, and this is my strength.

I want to grab fate by the throat. It wants to make me surrender, but this is absolutely impossible.

Famous artists are constrained by fame.

Be persistent in adverse and difficult encounters.

The basis of friendship is that two people have the greatest similarity in their hearts and souls.

My art should only benefit poor people.