Man begins by loving love and ends by loving a woman. Woman begins by loving a man and ends by loving love.
Demons are like obedient dogs; they come when they are called.
Art is the accomplice of love.
Art includes everything which stimulates the desire to live; science includes everything which sharpens the desire to know. Art, even the most disinterested, the most disembodied, is the auxiliary of life.
Thinking is hard work. One can't bear burdens and ideas at the same time
The ever-present phenomenon ceases to exist for our senses. It was a city dweller, or a prisoner, or a blind man suddenly given his sight, who first noted natural beauty.