The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work but in the excellence of the work he produces.
Now this relaxation of the mind from work consists on playful words or deeds....
My work always tried to unite the true with the beautiful but when I had to...
I worked night and day for twelve years to prevent the war but I could not. The North was mad and blind would not let us govern ourselves and so the war came.
