She was saved from prettiness by the intensity of her gaze.

I wanted to meet other artists. I suppose I simply felt that I was taking pot shots at clay pipes. Pop! Down goes Gertrude, down goes Jean Cocteau, down goes André Gide.

Not all the ravages caused by our merciless age are tangible ones. The subtler forms of destruction, those involving only the human spirit, are the most to be dreaded.

She was saved from prettiness by the intensity of her gaze.

Life is lived only once. And the less seriously the better.

Security is a false God. Begin to make sacrifices to it and you are lost.

Since the world began has any man ever been able to know what would happen tomorrow? The world of men is today. I'm asking you to open your heart today. Tomorrow belongs to Allah.