A man is a poet if difficulties inherent in his art provide him with ideas; he is not a poet if they deprive him of ideas.

The power of verse stems from an indefinable harmony between when it says and what it is.

We must always apologize for talking painting.

At times I think and at times I am.

Man cannot bear his own portrait. The image of his limits and his own determinacy exasperates him, drives him mad.

Power without abuse loses its charm.

History is the most dangerous product evolved from the chemistry of the intellect. ...History will justify anything. It teaches precisely nothing, for it contains everything and furnishes examples of everything.