"Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing."

"I prefer to be a madman, with the madness of an artist, than a sane man, with the sanity of a philistine."

"Before I was born it was completely paradise… the moment of [being] born is the moment the paradise is lost. Death is the regain of this paradise."

"The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant."

"The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents."