The cult of art gives pride; one never has too much of it.
To see one's name in print! Some people commit a crime for no other reason.
The principal thing in this world is to keep one's soul aloft.
A man is a critic when he cannot be an artist, in the same way that a man becomes an informer when he cannot be a soldier.
(Egypt) is a great place for contrasts: splendid things gleam in the dust.
It seems to me... that I have always lived! I possess memories that go back to the Pharoahs. I see myself very clearly at different ages of history, practicing different professions... My present personality is the result of my lost [past] personalities.