Empathy is not merely the basic principle of artistic creation. It is also the only path by which one can reach the truth about life and society.
I believe that man was created to enjoy himself, indeed, that he can claim it as his legitimate right. In fact, as long as he lives, man cannot help enjoying himself, even if he tries not... . Today the average person, when he hears the word pleasure, immediately thinks of something immoral. But nothing could be more wrong.
Nature as it is-nature with nothing selected or discarded from it-cannot become a work of art.
Knowing this to be a worthless life to live, why do I keep living on? Because this life contains something called beauty7.
