All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of experience.

For the artist to attach himself to his work, or identify himself with it, is suicidal.

I thought, when I came upon her, that I was seizing hold of life... Instead I lost hold of life completely. I reached out for something to attach myself to - and I found nothing. But in reaching out, in the effort to grasp, to attach myself, left high and dry as I was, I nevertheless found something I had not looked for - myself.

By choosing to live above the ordinary level we create extraordinary problems for ourselves.

How different the new order would be if we could consult the veteran instead of the politician.

Back of every creation, supporting it like an arch, is faith. Enthusiasm is nothing: it comes and goes. But if one believes, then miracles occur.

When spring comes to Paris the humblest mortal alive must feel that he dwells in paradise.