W e would worry less about what others think of us if we realized how seldom they do. By leaving to the citizen as much freedom of action and of being, as comports with order and the rights of others, the institutions render him truly a freeman. He is left to pursue his means of happiness in his own manner.
Mediocrity finds safety in standardization.
T he individual, man as a man, man as a brain, if you like, interests me more than what he makes, because I've noticed that most artists only repeat themselves. A man must consider what a rich realm he abdicates when he becomes a conformist. Instead, I became a painter and wound up as Picasso. Look for a situation in which your work will give you as much happiness as your spare time. We are like violins.