No one's death comes to pass without making some impression, and those close to the deceased inherit part of the liberated soul and become richer in their humanness.

Although every man believes that his decisions and resolutions involve the most multifarious factors, in reality they are mere oscillation between flight and longing.

Kitsch is certainly not "bad art," it forms its own closed system.

Were one merely to seek information, one should inquire of the man who hates, but if one wishes to know what truly is, one better ask the one who loves

While love ceaselessly strives toward that which lies at the hiddenmost center, hatred only perceives the topmost surface . . .

Kitsch tends to wallow in beauty - its shortcoming is not aesthetic, but ethical

You must neither completely nor partially copy the art of others. If so, you will be producing kitsch.