“Il n’y a pas d’art pessimiste… L’art affirme.”

“Tout ce qui ne tue pas l'homme le rend plus fort.”

“If we affirm one moment, we thus affirm not only ourselves but all existence. For nothing is self-sufficient, neither in us ourselves nor in things; and if our soul has trembled with happiness and sounded like a harp string just once, all eternity was needed to produce this one event - and in this single moment of affirmation all eternity was called good, redeemed, justified, and affirmed.”

“Art is essentially the affirmation, the blessing, and the deification of existence.”

“You say you're a pessimist, but I happen to know that you're in the habit of practicing your flute for two hours every evening.”

“Il cristianesimo dette da bere il veleno a Eros. Questi non ne morì, ma ben degenerò, in vizio.”

“The overman...Who has organized the chaos of his passions, given style to his character, and become creative. Aware of life's terrors, he affirms life without resentment. ”