One never learns to understand truly anything but what one loves.

Here too it’s masquerade, I find: As everywhere, the dance of mind. I grasped a lovely masked procession, And caught things from a horror show… I’d gladly settle for a false impression, If it would last a little longer, though.

The destiny of any nation at any given time depends on the opinion of its young people, those under twenty-five.

Most pioneers are at the mercy of doubt at the beginning, whether of their worth, of their theories, or of the whole enigmatic field in which they labour.

There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.

Yet through delivery orators succeed, I feel that I am far behind indeed.

Beauty is at once the ultimate principle and the highest aim of art.