The trouble about most Englishwomen is that they will dress as if they had been a mouse in a previous incarnation, or hope to be one in the next.

As for the usefulness of poetry, its uses are many. It is the deification of reality.

The aim of flattery is to soothe and encourage us by assuring us of the truth of an opinion we have already formed about ourselves.

the arts are life accelerated and concentrated.

I am one of those unhappy persons who inspire bores to the greatest flights of art.

Rhythm is one of the principal translators between dream and reality.

I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.