The cradles of civilization are the putrid sinks of the world.

The loss of sex polarity is part and parcel of the larger disintegration, the reflex of the soul's death, and coincident with the disappearance of great men, great deeds, great causes, great wars, etc.

Day by day. No yesterdays and no tomorrows. The barometer never changes, the flag is always at half-mast.

I haven't any allegiance, any responsibilities, any hatreds, any worries, any prejudices, any passion. I'm neither for nor against. I'm a neutral.

Once I thought that to be human was the highest aim a man could have, but I see now that it was meant to destroy me. To-day I am proud to say that I am inhuman, that I belong not to men and governments, that I have nothing to do with creeds and principles. I have nothing to do with the creaking machinery of humanity - I belong to the earth!

Life has to be given a meaning because of the obvious fact that it has no meaning.

An artist earns the right to call himself a creator only when he admits to himself that he is but an instrument.