There is always a heavy demand for fresh mediocrity. In every generation the least cultivated taste has the largest appetite.

Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge.

Do not copy nature too much. Art is an abstraction.

Do not copy nature. Art is an abstraction. Rather, bring your art forth by dreaming in front of her and think more of creation.

A young man who is unable to commit a folly is already an old man.

Nail up some indecency in plain sight over your door; from that time forward you will be rid of all respectable people,the most insupportable folk God has created.

I have tried to establish the right to dare everything.