Vulgarity is, in reality, nothing but a modern, chic, pert descendant of the goddess Dullness.

the arts are life accelerated and concentrated.

When we think of cruelty, we must try to remember the stupidity, the envy, the frustration from which it has arisen.

The reason why Matthew Arnold, to my feeling, fails entirely as a poet (though no doubt his ideas were good - at least, I am told they were) is that he had no sense of touch whatsoever. Nothing made any impression on his skin. He could feel neither the shape nor the texture of a poem with his hands.

My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence.

Vulgarity is, in reality, nothing but a modern, chic, pert descendant of the goddess Dullness.

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