The Only Sin Is Ugliness, And If

The Characteristic Political Attitude Of Today Is Not One Of Positive Belief, But Of Despair.

The Slave May Be Happy, But Happiness Is Not Enough.

Morality, As Has Often Been Pointed Out, Is Antecedent To Religion-it Even Exists In A Rudimentary Form Among Animals.

In Order To Create It Is Necessary To Destroy; And The Agent Of Destruction In Society Is The Poet. I Believe That The Poet Is Necessarily An Anarchist, And That He Must Oppose All Organized Conceptions Of The State, Not Only Those Which We Inherit From The Past, But Equally Those Which Are Imposed On People In The Name Of The Future.

The Work Of Art... Is An Instrument For Tilling The Human Psyche, That It May Continue To Yield A Harvest Of Vital Beauty.