Genius is not perfected, it is deepened. It does not so much interpret the world as fertilize itself with it.
The truth of a man is first and foremost what he hides.
The basic problem is that our civilization, which is a civilization of machines, can teach man everything except how to be a man.
Youth is a religion from which one always ends up being converted.
An artist discovers his genius the day he dares not to please.
Every great masterpiece is a purification of the world.