To be joyous is to be a madman in a world of sad ghosts.

The worst sin that can be committed against the artist is to take him at his word, to see in his work a fulfillment instead of an horizon.

Hitler is no worse, nay better, in my opinion, than the other lugs. He makes the German mistake of being tactless, that's all.

There is only one thing which interests me vitally now, and that is the recording of all that which is omitted in books

To paint is to love again, and to love is to live life to the fullest.

I have never been able to look upon America as young and vital but rather as prematurely old, as a fruit which rotted before it had a chance to ripen.

I don't think we should read for instruction but to give our souls a chance to luxuriate.