Let us beware of common folk, of common sense, of sentiment, of inspiration, and of the obvious.

Anybody, providing he knows how to be amusing, has the right to talk about himself.

That which is not slightly distorted lacks sensible appeal; from which it follows that irregularity – that is to say, the unexpected, surprise and astonishment, are a essential part and characteristic of beauty.

There are but three beings worthy of respect: the priest, the warrior and the poet. To know, to kill and to create. The rest of mankind may be taxed and drudged, they are born for the stable, that is to say, to practise what they call professions.

Love is the natural occupation of the man of leisure.

Modernity is the transitory, the fugitive, the contingent, which make up one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immutable. This transitory fugitive element, which is constantly changing, must not be despised or neglected.

What a mysterious faculty is that queen of the faculties!