The hand of the painter is incurably mechanical: his technique is incurably artificial... The camera... is so utterly unmechanical.

Fashions are the only induced epidemics, proving that epidemics can be induced by tradesmen.

I must ... warn my readers that my attacks are directed against themselves, not against my stage figures.

If more than 10% of the people like a painting, you can be sure it's bad.

Give a man health and a course to steer, and he'll never stop to trouble about whether he's happy or not.

If only for a half hour a day, a child should do something serviceable to the community

Is the devil to have all the passions as well as all the good tunes?