Some people talk in their sleep. Lecturers talk while other people sleep.

The modern mind is in complete disarray. Knowledge has stretched itself to the point where neither the world nor our intelligence can find any foot-hold. It is a fact that we are...

Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is.

As a remedy to life in society I would suggest the big city. Nowadays, it is the only desert within our means.

It is normal to give away a little of one's life in order not to lose it all.

The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants.

We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage.

Men are never really willing to die except for the sake of freedom: therefore they do not believe in dying completely.

Men are convinced of your arguments, your sincerity, and the seriousness of your efforts only by your death.

Without work, all life goes rotten. But when work is soulless, life stifles and dies.

It is not your paintings I like, it is your painting.

Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence of being.

It is not your paintings I like, it is your painting.

Without work, all life goes rotten. But when work is soulless, life stifles and dies.

You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.

Men must live and create. Live to the point of tears.

Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence of being.

What is a rebel? A man who says

Without freedom, no art; art lives only on the restraints it imposes on itself, and dies of all others.

Martyrs, my friend, have to choose between being forgotten, mocked or used. As for being understood - never.