Art is individualism, and individualism is a disturbing and disintegrating force. There lies its immense value. For what it seeks is to disturb monotony of type, slavery of custom, tyranny of habit, and the reduction of man to the level of a machine. It seeks to show new perspectives and other choices. It is a way to help expand and liberate the consciousness; our experiences, understandings, imaginings, options and thereby our lives.

We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language.

What between the duties expected of one during one's lifetime, and the duties exacted from one after one's death, land has ceased to be either a profit or a pleasure. It gives one position, and prevents one from keeping it up. That's all that can be said about land.

Immanuel isn't a pun; he Kant be!

In love, it is better to know and be disappointed, than to not know and always wonder.

Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob.

I can resist everything except temptation.