A woman will flirt with anybody in the world as long as other people are looking on.

In one dancing saloon I saw the only rational method of art criticism I have ever come across. Over the piano was printed a notice: 'Please do not shoot the pianist. He is doing his best.'

Faithfulness is to the emotional life what consistency is to the life of the intellect - simply a confession of failures.

The proper school to learn art is not life but art

The great things in life are what they seem to be. And for that reason, strange as it may sound to you, often are very difficult to interpret (understand). Great passions are for the great of souls. Great events can only be seen by people who are on a level with them. We think we can have our visions for nothing. We cannot. Even the finest and most self-sacrificing visions have to be paid for. Strangely enough, that is what makes them fine.

The only form of lying that is absolutely beyond reproach is lying for its own sake.

A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.