A man who takes himself too seriously will find that no one else takes him seriously.

My Salome is a mystic the sister of Salammbô a Saint Thérèse who worships the moon.

Genius lasts longer than Beauty. That accounts for the fact that we all take such pains to over-educate ourselves.

Beauty is a form of Genius--is higher, indeed, than Genius, as it needs no explanation. It is one of the great facts of the world, like sunlight, or springtime, or the reflection in the dark waters of that silver shell we call the moon. It cannot be questioned. It has divine right of sovereignty. It makes princes of those who have it.

The proper aim is to try and reconstruct society on such a basis that poverty will be impossible.

Imitation is the homage mediocrity pays to greatness.

The worst vice of the fanatic is his sincerity.