In Holland, everyone is an expert in painting and in tulips.
It's not the struggle that makes us artists, but Art that makes us struggle.
All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the State.
…there's no question of heroism in all this. It's a matter of common decency. That's an idea which may make some people smile, but the only means of fighting a plague is - common decency.
Death means nothing to men like me. It's the event that proves them right.
When one has extensively pondered about men, as a career or as a vocation, one sometimes feels nostalgic for primates. At least they do not have ulterior motives.