The artist is a kind of prison from which the works of art escape.

Good music resembles something. It resembles the composer.

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.

Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie.

You have comfort. You don't have luxury. And don't tell me that money plays a part. The luxury I advocate has nothing to do with money. It cannot be bought. It is the reward of those who have NO Fear or Discomfort.

The job of the poet (a job which can't be learned) consists of placing those objects of the visible world which have become invisible due to the glue of habit, in an unusual position which strikes the soul and gives them a tragic force.

A true photographer is as rare as a true poet or a true painter.