Civilization will not attain to its perfection until the last stone from the last church falls on the last priest.

I would rather die of passion than of boredom.

The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.

Did not one spend the first half of one's days in dreams of happiness and the second half in regrets and terrors?

The past was but the cemetery of our illusions: one simply stubbed one's toes on the gravestones.

Perfection is such a nuisance that I often regret having cured myself of using tobacco.

In my view you cannot claim to have seen something until you have photographed it.

When lovers kiss on the cheeks, it is because they are searching, feeling for one another's lips. Lovers are made by a kiss.

Art is a corner of creation seen through a temperament.

In Paris, everything's for sale: wise virgins, foolish virgins, truth and lies, tears and smiles.

The thought is a deed. Of all deeds she fertilizes the world most.

May God continue to grant you more grace for your work.

This world that we live in would be perfect if there were less prejudice and people who think they are better than others.

No political body is sacred, sustainable or under protection, which allows the exploitation of its weakest citizens.

Once upon a midnight dreary

Leo Connellan has retained his soul and voice in Provincetown and Other Poems.

Everyone in my family is a nurse except me.

we're responsible for our own lives.

I think that probably, if I were 21 in this society, I would identify myself as a bisexual.

I don't take any relationships for granted and I won't ever again. I just enjoy life.

But let's speak of art for a moment. Yes, art. I know a gentleman who makes excellent portraits. This gentleman is a camera.