If we live in a state of constant fear, can we remain human?

Not death itself, but only the moral preparation for it, holds terrors.

Nothing worthy can be built on a neglect of higher meanings and on a relativistic view of concepts and culture as a whole. Indeed, something greater than a phenomenon confined to art can be discerned shimmering here beneath the surface - shimmering not with light but with an ominous crimson glow.

People who are at ease with their consciences always look happy.

The foundation stones of a great building are destined to groan and be pressed upon; it is not for them to crown the edifice.

Even the most broad-minded of us can embrace only that part of truth into which our own snout has blundered.

The fewer limitations the artist imposes on his work, the less chance he has for artistic success.