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

This industry [photography], by invading the territories of art, has become art's most mortal enemy.

Nature... is nothing but the inner voice of self-interest.

Oh, Creator! Can monsters exist in the sight of him who alone knows how they were invented, how they invented themselves, and how they might not have invented themselves?

I am the vampire at my own veins.

The beautiful is always bizarre.

Dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music