Love is the problem of an animal.

the best existential analysis of the human condition leads directly into the problems of God and faith

The road to creativity passes so close to the madhouse and often detours or ends there.

Obviously, all religions fall far short of their own ideals.

All power is in essence power to deny mortality.

The artist takes in the world, but instead of being oppressed by it, he reworks it in his own personality and recreates it in the work of art.

When we understand that man is the only animal who must create meaning, who must open a wedge into neutral nature, we already understand the essence of love. Love is the problem of an animal who must find life, create a dialogue with nature in order to experience his own being.