Old paint on canvas, as it ages, sometimes becomes transparent. When that happens it is possible, in some pictures, to see the original lines: a tree will show through a woman's dress, a child makes way for a dog, a large boat is no longer on an open sea. That is called pentimento because the painter 'repented', changed his mind. Perhaps it would be as well to say that the old conception, replaced by a later choice, is a way of seeing and then seeing again.

The happy problem of our time - longer life.

People always sound so proud when they announce they know nothing of music.

You are what you are. It is my opinion that trouble in the world comes from people who do not know what they are, and pretend to be something they're not.

A room of one's own isn't nearly enough. A house, or, best, an island of one's own.

failure in the theater is more public, more brilliant, more unreal than in any other field.

I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions.