Of course, clothing fashions have always been impractical, except in Tahiti.

By the time I was 9, I had the conviction that everybody in the world was an artist except plumbers or people who delivered groceries.

A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal as opposed to the conservative, who has both feet firmly planted in his mouth.

The test and the use of man's education is that he finds pleasure in the exercise of his mind.

Art distills sensation and embodies it with enhanced meaning in a memorable form - or else it is not art.

[T]hat is the triumph of history - truth absolute is not at hand; the original with which to match the copy does not exist.

Vanity is a static thing. It puts it faith in what it has, and is easily wounded. Pride is active, and satisfied only with what it can do, hence accustomed not to feel small stings.