Classic art was the art of necessity: modern romantic art bears the stamp of caprice and chance.

A liberal mind is a mind that is able to imagine itself believing anything.

There is truth in the high opinion that in so far as a man conforms, he ceases to exist.

I don't know why it is we are in such a hurry to get up when we fall down. You might think we would lie there and rest for a while.

People who demand neutrality in any situation are usually not neutral but in favor of the status quo.

Laughter puts your brain, your central nervous system and your whole being into a state of free play.

Emotion is the surest arbiter of a poetic choice, and it is the priest of all supreme unions in the mind