Adultery ... could be as banal as marriage.

Judge the goodness of a book by the energy of the punches it has given you. I believe the greatest characteristic of genius, is, above all, force.

I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings.

The most important thing in the world is to hold your soul aloft.

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

There are some men whose only mission among others is to act as intermediaries; one crosses them like bridges and keeps going.

What better occupation, really, than to spend the evening at the fireside with a book, with the wind beating on the windows and the lamp burning bright...Haven't you ever happened to come across in a book some vague notion that you've had, some obscure idea that returns from afar and that seems to express completely your most subtle feelings?