“Freedom in art, freedom in society, this is the double goal towards wh...” — Victor Hugo Quote

Freedom in art, freedom in society, this is the double goal towards which all consistent and logical minds must strive.

Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her, still she sings away all the same, knowing she has wings.

Well, listen a moment, Monsieur Mayor; I have often been severe in my life towards others. It was just. I did right. Now if I were not severe towards myself, all I have justly done would become injustice. Should I spare myself more than others? No. What! if I should be prompt only to punish others and not myself, I should be a wretched indeed! - Javert to M. Madeleine

There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky; there is one spectacle grander than the sky, that is the interior of the soul.

The artist belongs to his work, not the work to the artist.

The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.

Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art.

Art is about changing what we see in our everyday lives and representing it in such a way that it gives us hope.

Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.