The one way of tolerating existence is to lose oneself in literature as in a perpetual orgy.
Gustave FlaubertVocations which we wanted to pursue, but didn't, bleed, like colors, on the whole of our existence.
Honore de BalzacI intend to destroy, destroy everything that exists in painting. I have utter contempt for painting.
Juan MiroIt is a curious fact that the word 'essayist' showed up in English before it existed in French.
John Jeremiah SullivanSo not only can you not imagine dying, you can't really imagine existence before you were born.
David CronenbergDon't think you are going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed.
Dwight D. Eisenhower