Progress, this great heresy of decay.

The lover of life makes the whole world into his family, just as the lover of the fair sex creates his from all the lovely women he has found, from those that could be found, and those who are impossible to find.

Delacroix was passionately in love with passion, but coldly determined to express passion as clearly as possible.

An oasis of horror in a desert of boredom.

the Devil's hand directs our every move - / the things we loathed become the things we love

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.

The dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music, and it has the additional merit of being human and palpable. Dancing is poetry with arms and legs.