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Confidence And Courage Are Special Skills To The Art ... Within The Four Walls Of His Study, The Artist Should Be Modest, Work Diligently And Conscientiously. While For The Public, He'll Show Himself Audacious, Yes Even Into Cheerful Boldness. And So A New Public's Darling Has Arisen.

I Am So Fresh In Soul And Spirit That Life Gushes And Bubbles Around Me In A Thousand Springs.

Think It A Vile Habit To Alter Works Of Good Composers, To Omit Parts Of Them, Or To Insert New-fashioned Ornaments. This Is The Greatest Insult You Can Offer To Art.

My Indifference To Money And My Spendthrift Ways Are Disgraceful. You Have No Idea How Reckless I Am; How Often I Practically Throw Money Out Of The Window. I Am Always Making Good Resolutions, But The Next Minute I Forget And Give The Waiter Eightpence.

Send Light To The Dark Hearts Of Men, That Is The Duty The Artist.