It is only through Art and through Art only that we can realize our perfection; Through Art and art only that we can shield ourselves from the sordid perils of actual existence.

Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious; both are disappointed.

...The two great turning-points of my life were when my father sent to Oxford, and when society sent me to prison.

You have never been poor, and never known what ambition is.

The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

The man with a clear conscience probably has a poor memory.

In England it is enough for a man to try and produce any serious, beautiful work to lose all his rights as a citizen.