“... first learn to construct the parts properly before it ventures to fashion a great whole; ...”

“Happiness: being able to forget or, to express in a more learned fashion.”

“He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying. ”

“To become what one is, one must not have the faintest notion of what one is... The whole surface of consciousness - for consciousness -is- a surface - must be kept clear of all great imperatives. Beware even of every great word, every great pose! So many dangers that the instinct comes too soon to "understand itself" --.Meanwhile, the organizing idea that is destined to rule keeps growing deep down - it begins to command, slowly it leads us back from side roads and wrong roads; it prepares single qualities and fitnesses that will one day prove to be indispensable as a means toward a whole - one by one, it trains all subservient capacities before giving any hint of the dominant task, "goal," "aim," or "meaning.”

“Pardon me, my friends, I have ventured to paint my happiness on the wall.”

“All great things must first wear terrifying and monstrous masks in order to inscribe themselves on the hearts of humanity.”

“Art is the proper task of life. ”