The true artist will let his wife starve, his children go barefoot, his mother drudge for his living at seventy, sooner than work at anything but his art.

The past beats inside me like a second heart.

释义：阿那克西米尼可能将气的变化比喻为宇宙的呼吸，象征宇宙在不断地运动和变化中保持生命。

艺术不是反映现实的镜子，而是塑造现实的锤子。

记忆是最残酷的暴君，也是最仁慈的救主。