Having caught a glimpse of what I might be able to do with my talent, I feel a tremendous obligation to try to fulfill it.
The characteristic of the hour is that the commonplace mind, knowing itself to be commonplace, has the assurance to proclaim the rights of the commonplace and to impose them wherever it will.
Because artists can be extremely eccentric and insane, and unfortunately, the people they hurt the most are the people that are closest to them.

