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

Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious.

I could never quite accustom myself to absinthe, but it suits my style so well

Well, one must be serious about something, if one wants to have any amusement in life.

A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

What is termed Sin is an essential element of progress. Without it the world would stagnate, or grow old, or become colorless. By its curiosity Sin increases the experience of the race. Through its intensified assertion of individualism it saves us from monotony of type. In its rejection of the current notions about morality, it is one with the higher ethics.

To toil for a hard master is bitter, but to have no master to toil for is more bitter still.