"To the real artist in humanity, what..." - Quote by Walt Whitman

“I think of few heroic actions, which cannot be traced to the artistical impulse. He who does great deeds, does them from his innate sensitiveness to moral beauty.”

“Touch me, touch the palm of your hand to my body as I pass, Be not afraid of my body.”

“After you have exhausted what there is in business, politics, conviviality, and so on - have found that none of these finally satisfy, or permanently wear - what remains? Nature remains.”

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

“As to conforming outwardly and living your own life inwardly, I do not think much of that.”

“What does your conscience say? — 'You should become the person you are'.”

“The only really committed artist is he who, without refusing to take part in the combat, at least refuses to join the regular armies and remains a freelance.”

“There is no test of literary merit except survival, which is itself an index to majority opinion.”

“I've always seen it to be a privilege to make movies. It's a really expensive, creative medium.”