Art is good but it isn't the best.

The novel is born of disillusionment; the poem, of despair.

Tradition simply means that we need to end what began well and continue what is worth continuing

The first condition for making music is not to make a noise.

When I listen to the engine of my car, I might say it sounds fine, but it would not occur to me to say "What lovely music!

To be young is to live in the hope of escaping youth; to be old, in the despair of having succeeded.

What is reasoned has nothing to do with what is reasonable.