An eternal dream ahead, in a place where we were not expected

Look, my son, wherever you are, Wherever you go under this moon,
Even if you forget your mother,
Do not forget your Mother tongue.

M. Henry, Part of the Starry Sky

Pain in the human world is the birth of personality... Already in the animal world individuality suffers. Freedom gives rise to suffering. One can lessen it if one refuses freedom.

Four men and a painting, Italy, 1956

There is no means of proving it is preferable to be than not to be

Karel Otto Hruby, Early Morning Train, 1959

When I pronounce the word Future, the first syllable already belongs to the past. When I pronounce the word Silence, I destroy it. When I pronounce the word Nothing, I make something no non-being can hold

Novosibirsk, Siberia, 60s

Fear is private property

Paul Newman playing with his cat, Louis XIV, while sewing and smoking, 1978