In Art, We Are The First Heirs

The Thrill Of Creation Which We Experience Which We Experience When We See A Masterpiece Is Not Unlike The Feeling Of The Artist Who Created It; Such A Work Is A Fragment Of The World Which He Has Annexed And Which Belongs To Him Alone.

Our Civilization ... Is Not Devaluing Its Awareness Of The Unknowable; Nor Is It Deifying It. It Is The First Civilization That Has Severed It From Religion And Superstition. In Order To Question It.

There Is Always A Need For Intoxication: China Has Opium, Islam Has Hashish, The West Has Woman.

The Ordinary Man Puts Up A Struggle Against All That Is Not Himself, Whereas It Is Against Himself, In A Limited But All-essential Field, That The Artist Has To Battle.

If You Can't Make Art, Make Your Life A Work Of Art.