One has to pay dearly for immortality; one has to die several times while one is still alive.

I climb upon the highest mountains, laughing at all tragedies - whether real or imaginary.

As an artist one has no home in Europe except in Paris.

Christianity has a hunter's instinct for finding out all those who by one means or another may be driven to despair -although only a part of mankind is capable of such despair. Christianity lies in wait for such as those and pursues them

In war personal revenge maintains its silence.

The great man fights the elements in his time that hinder his own greatness, in other words his own freedom and sincerity.

The wreckage of stars - I built a world from this wreckage.