From the satisfaction of desire there may arise, accompanying joy and as it were sheltering behind it, something not unlike despair.

A work of art is an exaggeration.

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

There are admirable potentialities in every human being.

There are many things that seem impossible only so long as one does not attempt them.

Never have I been able to settle in life. Always seated askew, as if on the arm of a chair; ready to get up, to leave.

Prejudices are the props of civilization.