To Be Free Is Of The Essence

Authority And Power Are Two Different Things: Power Is The Force By Means Of Which You Can Oblige Others To Obey You. Authority Is The Right To Direct And Command, To Be Listened To Or Obeyed By Others. Authority Requests Power. Power Without Authority Is Tyranny.

The Only Artist Who Does Not Deserve Respect Is The One Who Works To Please The Public, For Commercial Success Or For Official Success.

There Is Room Neither For The Poet Nor For The Contemplator In An Egalitarian World.

For To Love Is To Give What One Is, His Very Being, In The Most Absolute, The Most Brazenly Metaphysical, The Least Phenomenalizable Sense Of This Word.

The Act Of Philosophizing Involves The Character Of The Philosopher.