Art is essentially the affirmation, the blessing, and the deification of existence.

There are no facts, only interpretations.

A thought comes when it will, not when I will.

Wherever Germany extends her sway, she ruins culture.

One should only question gods where none but gods can reply.

There are highly gifted spirits who are always infertile simply because, owing to a weakness in temperament, they are too impatient to wait out their pregnancy to term.

Among the wealthy, generosity is often merely a kind of shyness.