Genius is nothing more nor less than childhood recaptured at will.

There is no more steely barb than that of the Infinite.

A work of art should be like a well-planned crime.

In our corruption we perceive beauties unrevealed to ancient times.

I have cultivated my hysteria with pleasure and terror.

With wine, poetry, or virtue as you choose. But get drunk.

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.