He knew that the whole mystery of beauty can never be comprehended by the crowd, and that while clearness is a virtue of style, perfect explicitness is not a necessary virtue.

Art begins when a man wishes to immortalize the most vivid moment he has ever lived.

But we have been taught to see before our eyes have found out a way of seeing for themselves.

I had my dreams of Venice, but nothing that I had dreamed was as impossible as what I found.

A place has almost the shyness of a person, with strangers; and its secret is not to be surprised by a too direct interrogation.

And I would have, now love is over, An end to all, an end: I cannot, having been your lover Stoop to become your friend!

Night, a more perfect day.