“When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. Friends are at their best in moments of defeat.”
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Sin, guilt, neurosis they are one and the same, the fruit of the tree of knowledge.
Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him.
Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack. We give it orders which make no sense.
Art is only a means to life, to the life more abundant. It is not in itself the life more abundant. It merely points the way, something which is overlooked not only by the public, but very often by the artist himself. In becoming an end it defeats itself.
