The scholar seeks truth, the artist finds.

Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.

Every perfect action is accompanied by pleasure. By that you can tell what you ought to do.

The work of art is the exaggeration of an idea.

The young people who come to me in the hope of hearing me utter a few memorable maxims are quite disappointed. Aphorisms are not my forte, I say nothing but banalities.... I listen to them and they go away delighted.

Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself- and thus make yourself indispensable.

A man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned