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

Foolishness is a twin sister of wisdom.

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

Great! I've written something stupid, but I haven't signed a contract with anyone to produce solely wise and perfect works. I gave vent to my stupidity...and here I am, reborn.

It is in the prime of youth that man sinks into empty phrases and grimaces. It's in this smithy that our maturity is forged.

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

To me, art almost always speaks more forcefully when it appears in an imperfect, accidental, and fragmentary way, somehow just signaling its presence, allowing one to feel it through the ineptitude of the interpretation. I prefer the Chopin that reaches me in the street from an open window to the Chopin served in great style from the concert stage.