Everything really desirable has come about because of, or in spite of, wine!
A critic is a lug-worm in the liver of literature.
Religion is simply art bastardized out of all recognition.
The heaviest impact of the work of art is in the guts. Art does not reason. It manhandles you and changes you.
Poverty is a great cutter-off and riches a great shutter-off.
An idea is like a rare bird which cannot be seen. What one sees is the trembling of the branch it has just left.