Extract The Eternal From The Ephemeral.

Nations, Like Families, Have Great Men Only In Spite Of Themselves.

If The Poet Has Pursued A Moral Objective, He Has Diminished His Poetic Force.

Beauty Is The Sole Ambition, The Exclusive Goal Of Taste.

I Have To Confess That I Had Gambled On My Soul And Lost It With Heroic Insouciance And Lightness Of Touch. The Soul Is So Impalpable, So Often Useless, And Sometimes Such A Nuisance, That I Felt No More Emotion On Losing It Than If, On A Stroll, I Had Mislaid My Visiting Card.

The Photographic Industry Was The Refuge Of All The Painters Who Couldn't Make It, Either Because They Had No Talent Or Because They Were Too Lazy To Finish Their Studies. Hence This Universal Infatuation Was Not Only Characterized By Blindness And Stupidity, But Also By Vindictiveness.