- An artist should not lie to himself or others
- An artist should avoid falling in love with another artist
- An artist should develop an erotic point of view on the world
- An artist should suffer
- An artist should not be depressed
- An artist should not commit suicide
- An artist should look deep inside themselves for inspiration
- The artist should not have self-control about his life
- The artist should give and receive at the same time
- An artist creates his own symbols
- An artist has to create a space for silence to enter his work
- An artist must make time for the long periods of solitude
- An artist should avoid his own art pollution
- An artist should have more and more of less and less
- An artist should have friends that lift their spirits
- An artist has to learn to forgive
- An artist has to be aware of his own mortality
- An artist should give instruction before the funeral so that everything is done the way he wants it
