"A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came out to warn the public; they thought it was a joke and applauded. He repeated it; the acclaim was even greater. I think that's just how the worl…"

"It is not the path I have chosen, but the path I am choosing."

"The true is not the system, but the individual."

"What is a poet? An unhappy man who hides deep anguish in his heart, but whose lips are so formed that when the sigh and cry pass through them, it sounds like lovely music."

"What is important is to find a truth which is true for me, to find the idea for which I am willing to live and die."