we always misunderstood ourselves, and rarely understood others

Though of all poses a moral pose is the most offensive, still to have a pose at all is something.

Now and then it is a joy to have one's table red with wine and roses.

No artist is ever morbid. The artist can express everything.

The only thing that one really knows about human nature is that it changes. Change is the one quality we can predicate of it. The systems that fail are those that rely on the permanency of human nature, and not on its growth and development. The error of Louis XIV was that he thought human nature would always be the same. The result of his error was the French Revolution. It was an admirable result.

It would leave no room for developments and I intend to develop in many directions.

It's beauty that captures your attention. personality which captures your heart.