Every human life had its pattern that had to be worked out slowly to its ultimate conclusion.
Who loves — lives, who lives - works, and who works has some bread.
Pleasure is one of the most important things in life, as important as food or drink.
Talent is cheap; dedication is expensive. It will cost you your life.
The biographical novel is a true and documented story of one human being's journey across the face of the years, transmuted from the raw material of life into the delight and purity of an authentic art form.
Strange story about Degas. He hated women, didn't want to be with them. Yet he spent much of his life painting them. He had seen his father maltreat his mother, must have had a deep fear that he'd do the same thing.