You have corrupted my imagination and inflamed my blood. Leopold von Sacher-Masoch More Quotes by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch More Quotes From Leopold von Sacher-Masoch Despite all the progress of civilization, women have remained exactly as they emerged from the hand of Nature. Leopold von Sacher-Masoch progress civilization hands Pleasure alone makes existence worthwhile. A pleasure-seeker has a difficult time parting from life. Leopold von Sacher-Masoch worthwhile difficult-times pleasure Venus in Furs has caught his soul in the red snares of hair. He will paint her, and go mad. Leopold von Sacher-Masoch mad soul hair Until then I had lived as I had painted and versified - that is, I never got far beyond priming canvas, beyond penning an outline, a first act, a first stanza. There are simply people who start all sorts of things and yet never finish any of them. And that was the kind of person I was. Leopold von Sacher-Masoch kind people firsts