Art needs no spur beyond itself.

The most excellent symbol of the people is the paving stone. One walks on it until it falls on one's head.

Go to sleep in peace. God is awake.

Great blunders are often made, like large ropes, of a multitude of fibres.

My misfortune is that I still resemble a man too much. I should liked to be wholly a beast like that goat. - Quasimodo

It seems as though, at the approach of a certain dark hour, the light of heaven infills those who are leaving the light of earth.

You look at a star for two reasons, because it is luminous, and because it is impenetrable. You have beside you a sweeter radiance and a greater mystery, woman.