The one thing that unifies men in a given age is not their individual philosophies but the dominant problem that these philosophies are designed to solve.

An artist has every right - one may even say a duty - to exhibit his productions as prominently as he can.

It is only in the shadows, when some fresh wave, truly original, truly creative, breaks upon the shore, that there will be a rediscovery of the West.

The one thing that unifies men in a given age is not their individual philosophies but the dominant problem that these philosophies are designed to solve.

Boredom and fatigue are great historical forces.

Above all, do not talk yourself out of good ideas by trying to expound them at haphazard meetings.

The intellectuals' chief cause of anguish are one another's works.