At the heart of all beauty lies something inhuman.
Believe me, for certain men at least, not taking what one doesn't desire is the hardest thing in the world.
The revolutionary government was required to become the government of the war.
The first choice an artist makes is precisely to be an artist, and if he chooses to be an artist it is in consideration of what he is himself and because of a certain idea he has of art
Have pity, Lord, on those who love and are separated.
An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.