This industry [photography], by invading the territories of art, has become art's most mortal enemy.
The form of a town changes more swiftly alas! Than the heart of a mortal.
Everything for me becomes allegory
A frenzied passion for art is a canker that devours everything else.
To be a great man and a saint to oneself, that's the only important thing.
Both ardent lovers and austere scholars, when once they come to the years of discretion, love cats, so strong and gentle, the pride of the household, who like them are sensitive to the cold, and sedentary.