"Dreyfus is innocent. I swear it! I stake my life on it — my honor! At this solemn moment, in the presence of this tri…"

"If you shut up truth and bury it under the ground, it will but grow, and gather to itself such explosive power that t…"

"There are two men inside the artist, the poet and the craftsman. One is born a poet. One becomes a craftsman."

"I am little concerned with beauty or perfection. I don't care for the great centuries. All I care about is life, stru…"

"One forges one's style on the terrible anvil of daily deadlines."

"Everything is only a dream."

"Paris flared — Paris, which the divine sun had sown with light, and where in glory waved the great future harvest of …"

"She would have cursed the Almighty had she been able to shout out a blasphemy. Providence had deceived her for over s…"

"Au fond une pensée unique les rongeait: ils s’irritaient contre leur crime, ils se désespéraient d’avoir à jamais tro…"

"If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, I will answer you: I am here to live out loud!"