Fate succumbs many a species: one alone jeopardises itself.

Without Art, we should have no notion of the sacred; without Science, we should always worship false gods.

See without looking, hear without listening, breathe without asking.

The most exciting rhythms seem unexpected and complex, the most beautiful melodies simple and inevitable.

Fate succumbs many a species: one alone jeopardises itself.

You will be a poet because you will always be humiliated.

An honest self-portrait is extremely rare because a man who has reached the degree of self-consciousness presupposed by the desire to paint his own portrait has almost always also developed an ego-consciousness which paints himself painting himself, and introduces artificial highlights and dramatic shadows.