“I've always preferred mythology to history. History is truth that becomes an illusion. Mythology is an illusion that becomes reality.”

“Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time.”

“If a poet has a dream, it is not of becoming famous, but of being believed.”

“I am a lie that always speaks the truth.”

“I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.”

“I am burning myself up and will always do so.”

“one should always talk well about oneself! The word spreads around and in the end, noone remembers where it started”