All art is bad, but modern art is the worst.

For the essential thing about the work of art is that it is work, and very hard work too.

A novel should be an experience and convey an emotional truth rather than arguments.

People don't use their eyes. They never see a bird, they see a sparrow. They never see a tree, they see a birch. They see concepts.

No doubt any connoisseur, any collector, some bored old millionaire when he shows off his treasures, is seeking in your praise the resurrection and the life.

No one can estimate the power of authority among poor and uneducated people in a world whose problems confuse even the wisest.

An old mans memories, like his bones, grow sharp with age and show their true shapes.