I knew I belonged to the public and to the world, not because I was talented or even beautiful, but because I had never belonged to anything or anyone else.

Man, alone, has the power to transform his thoughts into physical reality; man, alone, can dream and make his dreams come true.

Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is.

We shall see but a little way if we require to understand what we see.

Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.