The waking mind, you see, is the least serviceable in the arts.

The art of living is based on rhythm - on give & take, ebb & flow, light & dark, life & death. By acceptance of all aspects of life, good & bad, right & wrong, yours & mine, the static, defensive life, which is what most people are cursed with, is converted into a dance, 'the dance of life,' metamorphosis.

A book is a part of life, a manifestation of life, just as much as a tree or a horse or a star. It obeys its own rhythms, its own laws, whether it be a novel, a play, or a diary. The deep, hidden rhythm of life is always there - that of the pulse, the heart beat.

A world without hope, but no despair

Next to love friendship, in my opinion, is the most valuable thing life has to offer.

The Teutons have been singing the swan song ever since they entered the ranks of history. They have always confounded truth with death.

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.