The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work. (Emile Zola)

I have nothing to declare except my genius. (Oscar Wildeupon arriving at U.S. customs 1882)

All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusion is called a philosopher. (Ambrose Bierce)

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed.Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as beingself-evident. (Arthur Schopenhauer)