The enjoyment of freedom which could be exercised without any motivation would be the real hallmark of a maniac.
Denis DiderotYou can be sure that a painter reveals himself in his work as much as and more than a writer does in his.
Denis DiderotDo you see this egg? With this you can topple every theological theory, every church or temple in the world.
Denis DiderotMankind have banned the Divinity from their presence; they have relegated him to a sanctuary; the walls of the temple restrict his view; he does not exist outside of it.
Denis DiderotThe first promise exchanged by two beings of flesh was at the foot of a rock that was crumbling into dust; they took as witness for their constancy a sky that is not the same for a single instant; everything changed in them and around them, and they believed their hearts free of vicissitudes. O children! always children!
Denis Diderot