Publication is to thinking as childbirth is to the first kiss.

One can only become a philosopher, but not be one. As one believes he is a philosopher, he stops being one.

There are three kinds of explanation in science: explanations which throw a light upon, or give a hint at a matter; explanations which do not explain anything; and explanations which obscure everything.

A so-called happy marriage corresponds to love as a correct poem to an improvised song.

Art and works of art do not make an artist; sense and enthusiasm and instinct do.

When reason and unreason come into contact, an electrical shock occurs. This is called polemics.

In many a poetic work, one gets here and there, instead of representation merely a title indicating that this or that was supposedto be represented here, that the artist has been prevented from doing it and most humbly asks to be kindly excused.