And every true artist is the salvation of every other. But only artists produce for each other the world that is fit to live in.

Their whole life depends on spending money, and now they’ve got none to spend. That’s our civilization and our education: bring up the masses to depend entirely on spending money, and then the money gives out.

I am in love and, my God, it is the greatest thing that can happen to a man.

The true artist doesn't substitute immorality for morality. On the contrary, he always substitutes a finer morality for a grosser one.

You don't learn algebra with your blessed soul. Can't you look at it with your clear simple wits?

We don't exist unless we are deeply and sensually in touch with that which can be touched but not known.

Personality and mind, like moustaches, belong to a certain age. They are a deformity in a child.... Leave his sensibilities, his emotions, his spirit, and his mind severely alone. There is the devil in mothers, that they must provoke personalresponse from their infants.