One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him and travel in his company.
The color of truth is gray.
The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity.
'Therefore' is a word the poet must not know.
Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.
The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that logic alone constructs remains artificial and forced.
Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
It is unthinkable for a Frenchman to arrive at middle age without having syphilis and the Cross of the Legion of Honor.
Great authors are admirable in this respect: in every generation they make for disagreement. Through them we become aware of our differences.
There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it, only what destroys it can be told.
It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.
Art is the collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.
Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.
Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.
Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.
No theory is good unless it permits, not rest, but the greatest work. No theory is good except on condition that one use it to go on beyond.
Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.
Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.