I love Wagner, but the music I prefer is that of a cat hung up by its tail outside a window and trying to stick to the panes of glass with its claws.

That in all times, mediocrity has dominated, that is indubitable; but that it reigns more than ever, that it is becoming absolutely triumphant and inhibiting, this is what is as true as it is distressing.

And, drunk with my own madness, I shouted at him furiously, "Make life beautiful! Make life beautiful!

In order for the artist to have a world to express he must first be situated in this world, oppressed or oppressing, resigned or rebellious, a man among men.

For each letter received from a creditor, write fifty lines on an extraterrestrial subject and you will be saved.

The dandy should aspire to be uninterruptedly sublime. He should live and sleep in front of a mirror.

There is no dream of love, however ideal it may be, which does not end up with a fat, greedy baby hanging from the breast.