“A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession”

“What is mysterious, secret, unknown, cannot at the same time be known as an object of faith”

“The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese”

“The art of medicine was to be properly learned only from its practice and its exercise”

“Love is the poetry of the senses.”

“Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame”