What is the use of aesthetics if they can neither teach how to produce beauty nor how to appreciate it in good taste? It exists because it behooves rational human beings to provide reasons for their actions and assessments. Even if aesthetics are not the mathematics of beauty, they are the proof of the calculation.

Human life, old and young, takes place between hope and remembrance. The young man sees all the gates to his desires open, and the old man remembers--his hopes.

The military and the clergy cause us much annoyance; the clergy and the military, they empty our wallets and rob our intelligence.

Let the famous not denounce fame. Far from being empty and meaningless, it fills those it touches with divine power.

Praised be the good willing women who understand and take part in the fun--the body is an exacting beater, and even the heart is made of flesh.

How great seems human progress when we consider where it began, and how insignificant, when we contemplate the goals for which itstrives.

The art of acting presupposes three phases: understanding a part, intuiting a part, and contemplating the essence of a part.