Science and art, or by the same token, poetry and prose differ from one another like a journey and an excursion. The purpose of the journey is its goal, the purpose of an excursion is the process.

Progress will always have as its recourse to exaggerate what it cannot surpass.

Never expect any recognition here--the system prohibits it. The cross is not affixed to the genius, no, the genius is affixed to the cross.

I am a woman, and even if I could proceed with harshness and rigidity, it would disgust me nonetheless.

Science and art, or by the same token, poetry and prose differ from one another like a journey and an excursion. The purpose of the journey is its goal, the purpose of an excursion is the process.

Those whom the gods chose as their property must not consort with mortals.

To enlist the support of the people and of parliament, you only have to propose a profitable villainy.