"What is called good society is usually nothing but a mosaic of polished caricatures."

"Beauty is that which is simultaneously attractive and sublime."

"A definition of poetry can only determine what poetry should be and not what poetry actually was and is otherwise the most concise formula would be: Poetry is that which at some time and some place was thus named."

"Religion is absolutely unfathomable. Always and everywhere one can dig more deeply into infinities."

"Experience seems to most of us to lead to conclusions, but empiricism has sworn never to draw them."

"All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on."

"Politics is the art of controlling your environment."

"The cult of art gives pride one never has too much of it."