How much more sensuality invites to art than does sentimentality.
Envying another man's happiness is madness; you wouldn't know what to do with it if you had it.
The wise man is he who constantly wonders afresh.
The work of art is the exaggeration of an idea.
The belief that becomes truth for me... is that which allows me the best use of my strength, the best means of putting my virtues into action.
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.