From Paul to Stalin, the popes who have chosen Caesar have prepared the way for Caesars who quickly learn to despise popes.

More and more, when faced with the world of men, the only reaction is one of individualism. Man alone is an end unto himself. Everything one tries to do for the common good ends in failure.

An achievement is a bondage. It obliges one to a higher achievement.

I used to advertise my loyalty and I don't believe there is a single person I loved that I didn't eventually betray.

Ironic philosophies produce passionate works.

I explained to him, however, that my nature was such that my physical needs often got in the way of my feelings.

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