The rogue has everywhere the advantage.

There are few who have at once thought and capacity for action. Thought expands, but lames; action animates, but narrows.

To create something you must be something.

The beautiful is a phenomenon which is never apparent of itself, but is reflected in a thousand different works of the creator.

I love those who yearn for the impossible.

God help us -- for art is long, and life so short.

Those who make use of devotion as a means and end generally are hypocrites.