The world is not respectable; it is mortal, tormented, confused, deluded forever; but it is shot through with beauty, with love, with glints of courage and laughter; and in these, the spirit blooms timidly, and struggles to the light amid the thorns.

Graphic design is the paradise of individuality, eccentricity, heresy, abnormality, hobbies and humors.

The highest form of vanity is love of fame.

There is wisdom in turning as often as possible from the familiar to the unfamiliar: it keeps the mind nimble, it kills prejudice, and it fosters humor.

There is nothing sacred about convention; there is nothing sacred about primitive passions or whims; but the fact that a convention exists indicates that a way of living has been devised capable of maintaining itself.

The soul, too has her virginity and must bleed a little before bearing fruit.

To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.