Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public.

Tolerance should really be only a temporary attitude; it must lead to recognition. To tolerate means to offend.

The history of knowledge is a great fugue in which the voices of the nations one after the other emerge.

What you have inherited from your forefathers, it takes work to make it your own.

A great artist... must be shaken by the naked truths that will not be comforted. This divine discontent, this disequilibrium, this state of inner tension is the source of artistic energy.

I respect the man who knows distinctly what he wants.

One of the most striking signs of the decay of art is the intermixing of different genres.