I have dreamed much and have done very little.

Adultery ... could be as banal as marriage.

The true poet for me is a priest. As soon as he dons the cassock, he must leave his family.

Art requires neither complaisance nor politeness; nothing but faith, faith and freedom.

Success is a consequence and must not be a goal. I've never sought it (though I desire it) and seek it less and less.

On spinach: I dislike it, and am happy to dislike it because if I liked it I would eat it, and I cannot stand it.

Here is true immorality: ignorance and stupidity; the devil is nothing but this. His name is Legion.