I am so rich that I must give myself away.

No erotic work of art is filth if it is artistically significant; it is only turned into filth through the beholder if he is filthy.

All beautiful and noble qualities have been united in me... I shall be the fruit which will leave eternal vitality behind even after its decay. How great must be your joy, therefore, to have given birth to me.

I must see new things and investigate them. I want to taste dark water and see crackling trees and wild winds.

I was in love with everything- I wanted to look with love at the angry people so that their eyes would be forced to respond; and I wanted to bring gifts to the envious and tell them that I am worthless.

My mother is a very strange woman... She doesn't understand me in the least and doesn't love me much either. If she had either love or understanding she would be prepared to make sacrifices

I don't know whether there is anyone else at all who remembers my noble father with such sadness