My religious convictions and scientific views cannot at present be more specifically defined than as those of a believer in creative revolution. I desire that no public monument or work of art or inscription or sermon or ritual service commemorating me shall suggest that I accepted the tenets peculiar to any established church or denomination nor take the form of a cross or any other instrument of torture or symbol of blood sacrifice.

Reminiscences make one feel so deliciously aged and sad.

Some people look at the world and say 'why?' Some people look at the world and say 'why not?'

If the wicked flourish and the fittest survive, Nature must be the god of rascals.

If more than ten percent of the public likes a painting, it should be burned.

Set me anything to do as a task, and it is inconceivable the desire I have to do something else.

A man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage.