The true return to nature is the definitive return to the elements-death.

I do not love men: I love what devours them.

Christianity, above all, consoles; but there are naturally happy souls who do not need consolation. Consequently Christianity begins by making such souls unhappy, for otherwise it would have no power over them.

I prefer granting with a good grace what I know I shan't be able to prevent.

Not everyone can be an orphan.

The most subtle art, the strongest and deepest art - supreme art - is the one that does not at first allow itself to be recognized.

Pay attention only to the form; emotion will come spontaneously to inhabit it. A perfect dwelling always finds an inhabitant. The artist's business is to build the dwelling; as for the inhabitant, it is up to the reader to provide him.