The making of one's life into art is, after all, the first duty and privilege of every man.

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

The mystic too full of God to speak intelligibly to the world.

The making of one's life into art is, after all, the first duty and privilege of every man.

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

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!

A realist, in Venice, would become a romantic by mere faithfulness to what he saw before him.