To define a thing is to substitute the definition for the thing itself.
Truth exists; only lies are invented.
I couldn't portray a woman in all her natural loveliness... I haven't the skill. No one has. I must, therefore, create a new sort of beauty.
Art disturbs, science reassures.
Writing is not describing, painting is not depicting. Verisimilitude is merely an illusion.
Reality only reveals itself when it is illuminated by a ray of poetry.