If children had been told that they could not blow their noses, this alone would make adults blush.

An idea's birth is legitimate if one has the feeling that one is catching oneself plagiarizing oneself.

It is the mission of the press to disseminate intellect and at the same time destroy receptivity to it.

That an author takes a bow is not humility but presumption. What does the paleface want on the stage afterwards? But before the performance he had even less business there--and paying him royalties is equivalent to cheating the actors.

Contemporaries live from second hand to mouth.

Chastity always takes its toll. In some it produces pimples; in others, sex laws.

An artist should make concessions to the listener. That is why Bruckner dedicated one of his symphonies to the Good Lord.