The whole order of things is as outrageous as any miracle which could presume to violate it.

A good man's work is effected by doing what he does, a woman's by being what she is.

To be born into this earth is to be born into uncongenial surroundings, hence to be born into a romance.

The Byzantines hammered away at their hard and orthodox symbols, because they could not be in a mood to believe that men could take a hint. The moderns drag out into lengths and reels of extravagance their new orthodoxy of being unorthodox, because they also cannot give a hint -- or take a hint. Yet all perfect and well-poised art is really a hint.

Art is the signature of man.

They said that I should lose my ideals and begin to believe in the methods of practical politicians. Now, I have not lost my ideals in the least; my faith in fundamentals is exactly what it always was. What I have lost is my childlike faith in practical politics.

One can hardly think too little of one's self. One can hardly think too much of one's soul.