Clarity is the politeness of the man of letters.
Geometry is to the plastic arts what grammar is to the art of the writer.
The art of the writer consists above all in making us forget that he uses words.
It is a pity that one cannot see the learned entrails of authors so as to discover what they have eaten.
The function of a writer is to call a spade a spade. If words are sick, it is up to us to cure them.
