For us artists there waits the joyous compromise through art with all that wounded or defeated us in daily life; in this way, not to evade destiny, as the ordinary people try to do, but to fulfil it in its…

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Like all young men I set out to be a genius, but mercifully laughter intervened.

Like all young men I set out to be a genius, but mercifully laughter intervened.

Travel can be one of the most rewarding forms of introspection.

Travel can be one of the most rewarding forms of introspection.

The richest love is that which submits to the arbitration of time.

The richest love is that which submits to the arbitration of time.

History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living

History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living

It is not love that is blind, but jealousy

It is not love that is blind, but jealousy

Journeys, like artists, are born and not made. A thousand differing circumstances contribute to them,...

Journeys, like artists, are born and not made. A thousand differing circumstances contribute to them,...

It is not love that is blind, but jealousy.

It is not love that is blind, but jealousy.

The appalling thing is the degree of charity women are capable of. You see it...

The appalling thing is the degree of charity women are capable of. You see it...

Truth disappears with the telling of it.

Truth disappears with the telling of it.

Travel can be one of the most rewarding forms of introspection.

Travel can be one of the most rewarding forms of introspection.

Perhaps our only sickness is to desire a truth which we cannot bear rather than...

Perhaps our only sickness is to desire a truth which we cannot bear rather than...

Everyone loathes his own country and countrymen if he is any sort of artist.

Everyone loathes his own country and countrymen if he is any sort of artist.

Our inventions mirror our secret wishes.

Our inventions mirror our secret wishes.

Guilt always hurries towards its complement, punishment; only there does its satisfaction lie.

Guilt always hurries towards its complement, punishment; only there does its satisfaction lie.

Music is only love looking for words.

Music is only love looking for words.

I had become, with the approach of night, once more aware of loneliness and time...

I had become, with the approach of night, once more aware of loneliness and time...

It takes a lot of energy and a lot of neurosis to write a novel....

It takes a lot of energy and a lot of neurosis to write a novel....

Journeys, like artists, are born and not made. A thousand differing circumstances contribute to them,...

Journeys, like artists, are born and not made. A thousand differing circumstances contribute to them,...

I'm trying to die correctly, but it's very difficult, you know.

I'm trying to die correctly, but it's very difficult, you know.

Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked.

Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked.