Through the Unknown, we'll find the New

The People adore authority.

Let us beware of common folk, of common sense, of sentiment, of inspiration, and of the obvious.

I have cultivated my hysteria with pleasure and terror.

Remembering is only a new form of suffering.

I can barely conceive of a type of beauty in which there is no Melancholy.

Whether you come from heaven or hell, what does it matter, O Beauty!

The world progresses only through misunderstanding.

Dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music

What is irritating about love is that it is a crime that requires an accomplice.

God is the only being who, in order to reign, doesn't even need to exist.

Perfumes, colours and sounds echo one another.

Genius is nothing more nor less than childhood recaptured at will.

There are some temptations which are so strong that they must be virtues.

Nothing can be done except little by little.

Extract the eternal from the ephemeral.

A multitude of small delights constitute happiness

The devil's finest trick is to persuade you that he does not exist.

Strangeness is a necessary ingredient in beauty.