Civilizations can only be understood by those who are civilized.

It is the business of the future to be dangerous.

Identification of rhythm as the casual counterpart of life; wherever there is some life, only perceptible to us when the analogies are sufficiently close.

True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason.

You cannot evade quantity. You may fly to poetry and music, and quantity and number will face you in your rhythms and your octaves.

It takes an extraordinary intelligence to contemplate the obvious.

Great dreamers' dreams are never fulfilled, they are always transcended.