You can say the opposite of something you've said but you can't do the opposite of something you've done.

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!

A belief which leaves no place for doubt is not a belief; it is a superstition.

You can say the opposite of something you've said but you can't do the opposite of something you've done.

You need to have a God, a lover, and an enemy, says the poet. Exactly: you need to have three enemies.

The most original sin is not the thinker's but the poet's.

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