"I have always been interested in what lies beyond the veil of the material world."

"The greatest thing in life is to be a fool for Christ's sake."

"I am a symbolist, and my symbols are the only things I know."

"I have always preferred the company of mystics and madmen to that of the sane and sensible."

"Talk to me of originality and, I will turn on you with rage. I am a crowd, I am a lonely man, I am nothing. Ancient salt is best packing."