It is the pleasure of astonishing others, and the proud satisfaction of never being astonished by them.

The beautiful is always bizarre.

An artist is only an artist on condition that he neglects no aspect of his dual nature. This dualism is the power of being oneself and someone else at one and the same time.

Imagination is an almost divine faculty which, without recourse to any philosophical method, immediately perceives everything: the secret and intimate connections between things, correspondences and analogies.

The poet enjoys the incomparable privilege of being able to be himself and others, as he wishes.

Two fundamental literary qualities: supernaturalism and irony.

The Poet is a kinsman in the clouds Who scoffs at archers, loves a stormy day; But on the ground, among the hooting crowds, He cannot walk, his wings are in the way.