“A mother who is really a mother is never free”

“Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth”

“Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.”

“There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.”

“The love we give away is the only love we keep ”

“There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home”