If there is a God, atheism must seem to Him as less of an insult than religion.

Barbarism is needed every four or five hundred years to bring the world back to life. Otherwise it would die of civilization.

A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world.

As a general truth, it is safe to say that any picture that produces a moral impression is a bad picture.

Debauchery is perhaps an act of despair in the face of infinity.

There have been many definitions of beauty in art. What is it? Beauty is what the untrained eyes consider abominable.

Princes enjoy themselves like children in the company of ordinary human beings.