In Paris, everybody wants to be an actor; nobody is content to be a spectator.

One of the characteristics of the dream is that nothing surprises us in it. With no regret, we agree to live in it with strangers, completely cut off from our habits and friends.

The ultimate politeness in art consists of speaking only to those who are able to uncover and measure its relationships. Anything else is symbolic, and symbolism is merely transcendental imagery.

Look out! Be on your guard, because alone of all the arts, music moves all around you.

I have not looked at a newspaper in twenty years; if one is brought into the room, I flee. This is not because I am indifferent but because one cannot follow every road.

There is always a period when a man with a beard shaves it off. This period does not last. He returns headlong to his beard.

Poetry is indispensable - if I only knew what for.