Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.

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.

If we want to give poor people soap we must set out deliberately to give them luxuries. If we will not make them rich enough to be clean, then empathically we must do what we did with the saints. We must reverence them for being dirty.

You cannot love a thing without wanting to fight for it.

But since he stood for England And knew what England means, Unless you give him bacon You must not give him beans.

Mankind is not a tribe of animals to which we owe compassion. Mankind is a club to which we owe our subscription.