I hate the poor and look forward eagerly to their extermination.

A true artist will let his wife starve, his children go barefoot, his mother drudge for his living at seventy, sooner than work at anything but his art.

Nothing remains beautiful and interesting except thought, because the thought is the life.

Don't waste time collecting other people's autographs; rather devote it to making your own autograph worth collecting.

The trouble with the media is that it seems unable to distinguish between the end of the world and a bicycle accident.

Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week.

The real Brahms is nothing more than a sentimental voluptuary