Every true artist feels that he is touching transcendental truths; that his images are shadows of things seen through the veil.

Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame.

There is no logical connection between flying and laying eggs.

A sober man may become a drunkard through being a coward. A brave man may become a coward through being a drunkard.

I need not pause to explain that crime is not a disease. It is criminology that is a disease.

Boys like romantic tales; but babies like realistic tales-because they find them romantic.

Whatever else may be said of man, this one thing is clear: He is not what he is capable of being.