I Think That I Am Better Than

You Will Find The Most Pronounced Hatred Of Other Nations On The Lowest Cultural Levels. There Is, Though, A Level Where The Hatred Disappears Completely And Where One So To Speak Stands Above The Nations And Where One Experiences Fortune Or Misfortune Of A Neighboring Country As If They Had Happened To One's Own.

I Know Nothing More Mocking Than A Devil That Despairs.

Everything In The World May Be Endured Except Continual Prosperity.

To Live As One Likes Is Plebian The Noble Man Aspires To Order And Law.

A Great Artist... Must Be Shaken By The Naked Truths That Will Not Be Comforted. This Divine Discontent, This Disequilibrium, This State Of Inner Tension Is The Source Of Artistic Energy.