The man in ecstasy and the man drowning: both raise their arms.

Better to have, and not need, than to need, and not have.

Martyrs do not underrate the body, they allow it to be elevated on the cross. In this they are at one with their antagonists.

The right understanding of any matter and a misunderstanding of the same matter do not wholly exclude each other.

Leop­ards break in­to the tem­ple and drink all the sac­ri­fi­cial ves­sels dry; it keeps hap­pen­ing; in the end, it can be cal­cu­lat­ed in ad­vance and is in­cor­po­rat­ed in­to the rit­ual.

Our art is a way of being dazzled by truth: the light on the grotesquely grimacing retreating face is true, and nothing else.

Writing [is] a form of prayer.