Freedom in art, freedom in society, this is the double goal towards which all consistent and logical minds must strive. – Victor Hugo
The ideal and the beautiful are identical the ideal corresponds to the idea, and beauty to form hence idea and substance are cognate. – Victor Hugo
Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant. – Victor Hugo
Prometheus is action. Hamlet is hesitation. In Prometheus the obstacle is exterior; in Hamlet it is interior. In Prometheus the will is securely nailed down by nails of brass and cannot get loose; besides, it has by its side two watchers – Victor Hugo