May night continue to fall upon the orchestra

At the outset, it is only liking, not understanding, that matters. Gaps in understanding ... are not only important, they are perhaps even welcome, like clearings in the woods, the better to allow the heart's rays to stream out without obstacle. The unlit shadows should remain obscure, which is the very condition of enchantment.

Trust in the inexhaustible character of the murmur.

Nothing retains less of desire in art, in science, than this will to industry, booty, possession.

All my life, my heart has yearned for a thing I cannot name.

Of all those arts in which the wise excel, Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well.

In the world we live in everything militates in favor of things that have not yet happened, of things that will never happen again.