The spirit can assert itself only through the medium of clear form.

What I wanted and what I visualized while composing has not always been realized.

I was a crazy young man who let himself be blinded by his passions and obeyed only the impulses of the moment.

For the last month I have been a strict vegetarian. The moral effects of this regime are immense, owing to the voluntary subjugation of the flesh and the resulting absence of desires. You will appreciate how full I am of this idea when I tell you that I expect it to work the regeneration of mankind. I advise you to change over to a natural way of life, with proper nourishment (wholemeal bread), and you will soon feel the benefit.

I have become a different person. I don't know whether this person is better, he certainly is not happier.

It should be one’s sole endeavor to see everything afresh and create it anew.

I live like a Hottentot. I cannot exchange one sensible word with anyone.