Romanticism is precisely situated neither in choice of subject, nor exact truth, but in the way of feeling.

To say the word Romanticism is to say modern art - that is, intimacy, spirituality, color, aspiration towards the infinite, expressed by every means available to the arts.

We love women in proportion to their degree of strangeness to us.

Life has but one true charm: the charm of the game. But what if we’re indifferent to whether we win or lose?

Nothing can be done except little by little.

Nations, like families, have great men only in spite of themselves. They do everything in their power not to have any. And therefore, the great man, in order to exist, must possess a force of attack which is greater than the force of resistance developed by millions of people.

What can an eternity of damnation matter to someone who has felt, if only for a second, the infinity of delight?