Words are dwarfs, deeds are giants.

Words are dwarfs, deeds are giants.

Desire is half of life; indifference is half of death.

Desire is half of life; indifference is half of death.

For it is truly bizarre for artists to be universally ranked among the giants, for generation after generation . . read more

For it is truly bizarre for artists to be universally ranked among the giants, for generation after generation . . . and then be cast from the highest slopes of Parnassus to the lower slopes of art's ever-growing dust-heap.

After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.

After the first blush of sin comes its indifference.

Love me or hate me, but spare me your indifference.

Love me or hate me, but spare me your indifference.

I regard you with an indifference closely bordering on aversion.

I regard you with an indifference closely bordering on aversion.

That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.

That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.

Answer them [critics] with silence and indifference. It works better, I assure you, than anger and argument. . . .

Answer them [critics] with silence and indifference. It works better, I assure you, than anger and argument. . . .

It is only because the world looks on his talent with such a frightening indifference that the artist is compelled read more

It is only because the world looks on his talent with such a frightening indifference that the artist is compelled to make his talent important.