“Art is the proper task of life.”

My solitude doesn’t depend on the presence or absence of people; on the contrary, I hate who steals my solitude without, in exchange, offering me true company.

The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die.

Man is something that shall be overcome. Man is a rope, tied between beast and overman – a rope over an abyss.

Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called Ego.

Love is a state in which a man sees things most decidedly as they are not.

The higher we soar the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.

And once you are awake, you shall remain awake eternally.

All things are subject to interpretation. Whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.

Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings — always darker, emptier and simpler.

Sometimes people don’t want to hear the truth because they don’t want their illusions destroyed.

The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.

Blessed are the forgetful, for they get the better even of their blunders.

A thought, even a possibility, can shatter and transform us.

I would believe only in a God that knows how to dance.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Today as always, men fall into two groups: slaves and free men.

Moonlight is sculpture.

No art comes from the conscious mind.

A race is a work of art that people can look at and be affected in as many ways they’re capable of understanding.

We must link Azamgarh to art and culture and not with terrorism and crime.

A work of art is one of mystery, the one extreme magic; everything else is either arithmetic or biology.

Well, I feel that we should always put a little art into what we do. It’s better that way.

The greatest of the arts is the conquering of men.

Poetry is the loveliest art. It has a wretched way of revealing our own character when we think we are judging the poets.