works quotes

I resent the implication that I’m less of a musician and a worse person for not appreciating certain works.

Thomas Jefferson once said, ‚We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.‘ And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying.

Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will.

Every secret of a writer’s soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind is written large in his works.

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.

In every author let us distinguish the man from his works.

Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men.