Every work of art reaches man in his inner powers. It reaches him more profoundly and insidiously than any rational proposition, either cogent demonstration or sophistry. For it strikes him with two terrible weapons, Intuition and Beauty, and at the single root in him of all his energies... Art and Poetry awaken the dreams of man, and his longings, and reveal to him some of the abysses he has in himself.

The more the poet grows, the deeper the level of creative intuition descends into the density of his soul. Where formerly he could be moved to song, he can do nothing now, he must dig deeper.

Let us not go faster than God. It is our emptiness and our thirst that He needs, not our plentitude.

The only artist who does not deserve respect is the one who works to please the public, for commercial success or for official success.

The sole philosophy open to those who doubt the possibility of truth is absolute silence -- even mental.

There are absolute atheists ... Absolute atheism is in no way a mere absence of belief in God. It is rather a refusal of God, a fight against God, a challenge to God.

Christianity taught men that love is worth more than intelligence.