The facts: nothing matters but the facts: worship of the facts leads to everything, to happiness first of all and then to wealth.

There have been many definitions of beauty in art. What is it? Beauty is what the untrained eyes consider abominable.

Debauchery is perhaps an act of despair in the face of infinity.

Princes enjoy themselves like children in the company of ordinary human beings.

Sickness sensitizes man for observation, like a photographic plate.

Surely nothing has to listen to so many stupid remarks as a painting in a museum.

A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world.