I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would be an affront to your intelligence.

I have always held the religion of Muhammad in high estimation because of its wonderful vitality. It is the only religion which appears to me to possess that assimilating capability to the changing phase of existence which can make itself appeal to every age... I have studied him - the wonderful man, and in my opinion far from being an Anti-Christ he must be called the Saviour of Humanity.

Morality is not respectability.

If a woman rebels against high-heeled shoes, she should take care to do it in a very smart hat

If women were as fastidious as men, morally or physically, there would be an end of the race.

The goal of an artist is to create the definitive work that cannot be surpassed.

No use slaving for me and then saying you want to be cared for: who cares for a slave? If you come back, come back for the sake of good fellowship; for you’ll get nothing else.