Most artists have retired too absolutely; they grow rusty, inflexible to the flow of currents.

The value of the personal relationship to all things is that it creates intimacy and intimacy creates understanding and understanding creates love.

The enemy of a love is never outside, it's not a man or woman, it's what we lack in ourselves.

The suppression of inner patterns in favor of patterns created by society is dangerous to us.

I cannot concentrate all my friendship on any single one of my friends because no one is complete enough in himself.

While analyzing so many people I realized the constant need of a mother, or a father, or a god (the same thing) is really immaturity. It is a childish need, a human need, but so universal that I can see how it gave birth to all religions.

I want to live darkly and richly in my femaleness. I want a man lying over me, always over me. His will, his pleasure, his desire, his life, his work, his sexuality the touchstone, the command, my pivot. I don’t mind working, holding my ground intellectually, artistically; but as a woman, oh, God, as a woman I want to be dominated