“Departure' [also the title of a famous triptych painting of Max Beckmann], yes departure from the illusion of life toward the essential things that wait behind appearance... We must insist that Departure is not bound to a political trend, but is symbolic for all times.”

“Arrival in the world is really a departure and that, which we call departure, is only a return.”

“Opinions, yes; convictions, no. That is the point of departure for an intellectual pride.”

“Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves.”

“Fashion is custom in the guise of departure from custom.”

“In a constantly revolving circle every point is simultaneously a point of departure and a point of return. If we interrupt the rotation, not every point of departure is a point of return.”

“There's a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go.”

“What is sin but a departure from God? And what is the doom of sinners but departure from God? Depart from us is the cry of sinners to God. Depart from me will be the cry of God to sinners.”

“Set out from any point. They are all alike. They all lead to a point of departure.”

“I decided to start with the reproductive system, not only because of its prurient interest but also because it seemed like the point of departure for all things.”