Bee to the blossom, moth to the flame;
Each to his passion; what's in a name?

Bee to the blossom, moth to the flame;
Each to his passion; what's in a name?

Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion.

Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion.

I draw from the Absurd three consequences: my revolt, my liberty, my passion.

I draw from the Absurd three consequences: my revolt, my liberty, my passion.

Filled with fury, rapt, inspir'd.

Filled with fury, rapt, inspir'd.

Above all, be true to yourself, and if you cannot put your heart in it, take yourself out of it.

Above all, be true to yourself, and if you cannot put your heart in it, take yourself out of it.

Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron read more

Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth it's spark.

Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for the time, leave us the weaker ever read more

Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for the time, leave us the weaker ever after.

I passionately hate the idea of being with it, I think an artist has always to be out of step read more

I passionately hate the idea of being with it, I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.

I simple cannot understand the passion that some people have for making themselves thoroughly uncomfortable and then boasting about it read more

I simple cannot understand the passion that some people have for making themselves thoroughly uncomfortable and then boasting about it afterwards.