As an artist, you should not wish to create what you don't feel you have to create.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
A poor, charitable person can sometimes feel rich, a miserly Croesus never.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Rational beings despise nothing so much as that magnanimity that they themselves feel incapable of.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
The mediocre always feel as if they're fighting for their lives when confronted by the excellent.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
