“Last year I wrote: 'the intensity with which a subject is grasped, that is what makes for beauty in art'. Isn't it also true for love?”

“Last year I abstained
this year I devour

without guilt
which is also an art”

“[on Valentine's cards] Just last week I wrote "I still love you. See last year's card for full details."”

“Tamaki: Having the courage to be able to admit what you love… enjoying what you love… and being true to yourself… Isn't that also what it means to be strong?”

“The object isn't to make art, it's to be in that wonderful state which makes art inevitable.”

“Rem tene, verba sequentur: grasp the subject, and the words will follow. This, I believe, is the opposite of what happens with poetry, which is more a case of verba tene, res sequenter: grasp the words, and the subject will follow.”

“Love isn't just a feeling. It's an art. And like any art, it takes not only inspiration but also a lot of work.”

“The excellency of every art is its intensity, capable of making all disagreeables evaporate, from their being in close relationship with beauty and truth.”

“Nothing can last forever. There isn't any memory, no matter how intense, that doesn't fade out at last.”

“Love and art do not embrace what is beautiful but what is made beautiful by this embrace.”