Alas, human vices, however horrible one might imagine them to be, contain the proof (were it only in their infinite expansion) of man's longing for the infinite; but it is a longing that often takes the wrong route. It is my belief that the reason behind all culpable excesses lies in this depravation of the sense of the infinite.

Always be a poet, even in prose.

All forms of beauty, like all possible phenomena, contain an element of the eternal and an element of the transitory - of the absolute and of the particular. Absolute and eternal beauty does not exist, or rather it is only an abstraction creamed from the general surface of different beauties. The particular element in each manifestation comes from the emotions: and just as we have our own particular emotions, so we have our own beauty.

Discover day to day excitement.

What is irritating about love is that it is a crime that requires an accomplice.

In my mind it strolls, as well as in my apartment. A cat, strong, sweet and delightful.

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