Beauty compelled admiration and erotic yearning; such was its organic function. But never by itself could it command love.

What is an evil man? The man is evil who coerces obedience to his private ends, destroys beauty, produces pain, extinguishes life.

I suspect that the word (art) was invented by second-rate intelligences to describe the incomprehensible activities of their betters.

Notice this rent in my garment; I am at a loss to explain its presence! I am even more puzzled by the existence of the universe.

If there were no such creatures as minstrel-maidens, it would be necessary to invent them.

The life we've been leading couldn't last forever. It's a wonder it lasted as long as it did.

Since we are not permitted to act, we are obliged to know.