A philistine is habitually bored and looks for things that won't bore him. An artist finds things boring, but is never bored.

My unconscious knows more about the consciousness of the psychologist than his consciousness knows about my unconscious.

He who sleeps half a day has won half a life.

It so often happened to me that someone who shared my opinion kept the larger share for himself that I am now forewarned and offer people only ideas.

Lord, forgive them, for they know what they do!

Let my style capture all the sounds of my time. This should make it an annoyance to my contemporaries. But later generations should hold it to their ears like a seashell in which there is the music of an ocean of mud.

I have to do this, as long as it is at all possible; for if those who are obliged to look after commas had always made sure they were in the right place, then Shanghai would not be burning.