And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.

Unexplained, obscure matters are regarded as more important than explained, clear ones.

The god on the cross is a curse on life, a signpost to seek redemption from life; Dionysus cut to pieces is a promise of life: it will be eternally reborn and return again from destruction

In his heart every man knows quite well that, being unique, he will be in the world only once and that no imaginable chance will for a second time gather together into a unity so strangely variegated an assortment as he is: he knows it but hides it like a bad conscience.

Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest.

Idleness is the parent of psychology.

When one has a great deal to put into it a day has a hundred pockets.