Theophile Gautier

Art is beauty, the perpetual invention of detail, the choice of words, the exquisite care of execution.

Eyes so transparent that through them the soul is seen.

Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.

If I planned everything out in advance, I'd expire of boredom.

Everything, everything in war is barbaric... But the worst barbarity of war is that it forces men collectively to commit acts against which individually they would revolt with their whole being.

The sooner we put Egypt on the right track, the sooner we would be able to have an Egypt that is modern, that is moderate, and that is acting as a beacon for freedom and liberty across the Arab world.