Against the background of general freakishness the case of my particular freakishness was lost.

Our element is unending immaturity.

Don't be fooled by your own wisdom

I became bold because I had absolutely nothing to lose: neither honors, nor earnings, nor friends. I had to find myself anew and rely only on myself, because I could rely on no one else. My form is my solitude.

Great poetry must be admired, because it is great and because it is poetry, and so we admire it.

Wherever I see some mystique, be it virtue or family, faith or fatherland, there I must commit some indecent act.

I didn't go to the lectures. My valet, who was more distinguished than I, went instead.