We don't trust our five senses; we rely on our critics and educators, all of whom are failures in the realm of creation.

He is trying to recapture his innocence, yet all he succeeds in doing (by writing) is to inoculate the world with a virus of his disillusionment.

We must not just be in the world and above the world, but also of the world. To love it for what it is... is the only task. Avoid it and you are lost. Lose yourself in it, and you are free.

A world without hope, but no despair

If men cease to believe that they will one day become gods then they will surely become worms.

A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition. Like money, books must be kept in constant circulation. Lend and borrow to the maximum.

Art is only a means to life, the life more abundant. It merely points the way.