When we get out of the glass bottle of our ego ... things will happen to us so that we don't know ourselves. Cool, unlying life will rush in.

A woman unsatisfied must have luxuries. But a woman who loves a man would sleep on a board

An illusion which is a real experience is worth having.

Instead of chopping yourself down to fit the world, chop the world down to fit yourself.

Whatever men you take, keep the idea of man intact: let your soul wait whether your body does or not.

Sex is the root of which intuition is the foliage and beauty is the flower.

I love Italian opera - it's so reckless. Damn Wagner, and his bellowings at Fate and death. Damn Debussy, and his averted face. I like the Italians who run all on impulse, and don't care about their immortal souls, and don't worry about the ultimate.