The artist's work constitutes the only satisfactory relationship he can have with his fellow men since he seeks his real friends among the dead and the unborn.

Music was invented to confirm human loneliness.

Science is the poetry of the intellect and poetry the science of the heart's affections.

History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living.

Shyness has laws you can only give yourself; tragically to those who least understand.

Truth is what most contradicts itself.

A woman's best love letters are always written to the man she is betraying.