What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.
We are happy when for everything inside us there is an equivalent something outside us.
The spirit of an age may be best expressed in the abstract ideal arts, for the spirit itself is abstract and ideal.
Pride dwells in the thought; the tongue can have but very little share in it.[L’orgueil réside dans la pensée, la langue ne peut jamais y avoir qu’une bien légère part.]
I’m not trying to be sexy. It’s just my way of expressing myself when I move around.
I quote others only in order the better to express myself.[Le ne dis les autres, sinon pour d’autant plus me dire.]
But laws alone cannot secure freedom of expression; in order that every man may present his views without penalty there must be a spirit of tolerance in the entire population.
Beauty has as many meanings as man has moods. Beauty is the symbol of symbols. Beauty reveals everything, because it expresses nothing. When it shows us itself, it shows us the whole fiery-coloured world.
Art never expresses anything but itself.
