Kitsch is the contemporary form of the Gothic, Rococo, Baroque..

Monuments are for the living, not the dead..

Any fool can have bad luck; the art consists in knowing how to exploit it..

We see God and the devil making fools of each other, and we nurture in ourselves the absolutely unshakable conviction that both of them are drunk..

Virtue looks good but it only suits imposing figures..

I was a baby when I came into the world--otherwise I might have been smart enough to become a different person..

God made man in his own image, and man returned the favour..

Search fearlessly for every sin, for out of sin comes joy..

I didn't ask to be born, and I don't owe God anything..

The laws of this world are for children..