I think no artist can claim to have any access to the truth, or an authentic version of an event. But obviously they have slightly better means at their disposal because they have their art to energize whatever it is they're trying to write about. They have music.

Every man should follow the bent of his nature in art and letters, always provided that he does not offend against the rules of morality and good taste.

He has only half learned the art of reading who has not added to it the more refined art of skipping and skimming.

If only life could be a little more tender and art a little more robust.

Seek art from every time and place, in any form, to connect with those who really move you.