Welcome anything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.

Laws and rules of conduct are for the state of childhood; education is an emancipation.

If life were organized, there would be no need for art.

I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I owe even more to my enemies. The real person springs life under a sting even better than under a caress.

Most often it happens that one attributes to others only the feelings of which one is capable oneself.

Art that submits to orthodoxy, to even the soundest doctrines, but lacks imagination and deep self-expression is lost leaving only the craftsmanship.

The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes.