Chastity More Rarely Follows Fear,

Art Begins With Resistance - At The Point Where Resistance Is Overcome. No Human Masterpiece Has Ever Been Created Without Great Labor.

There Is No Feeling So Simple That It Is Not Immediately Complicated And Distorted By Introspection.

I Intend To Bring You Strength, Joy, Courage, Perspicacity, Defiance.

One Completely Overcomes Only What One Assimilates.

Obsessions Of The Orient, Of The Desert, Of Its Ardor And Its Emptiness, Of The Shadows Of Palm Gardens, Of The Garments White And Wide - Obsessions Where The Senses Go Berserk, Where Nerves Are Exasperated, And Which Made Me, At The Onset Of Each Night, Believe Sleep Impossible.