Beauty cannot be recognized with a cursory glance.
Statues to great men are made of the stones thrown at them in their lifetime.
Mirrors should reflect a little before throwing back images.
The spirit of creation is the spirit of contradiction. It is the breakthrough of appearances toward an unknown reality.
A prig always finds a last refuge in responsibility.
Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time.