“ Nonsense and beauty have close connections. ”

“ Beauty ought to look a little surprised: it is the emotion that best suits her face. The beauty who does not look surprised, who accepts her position as her due - she reminds us too much of a prima donna. ”

“ Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order, and that is why, though I don't believe that only art matters, I do believe in Art for Art's sake. ”

“ Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life. ”

“ We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. ”

“ History develops, art stands still. ”

“ The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death. ”

“ A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself. ”

“ I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars. ”

“ Unless we remember we cannot understand. ”