In art, the public accept what has been, because they cannot alter it, not because they appreciate it. They swallow their classics whole, and never taste them.

It is that deep spiritual affection that is as pure as it is perfect. It is beautiful, it is fine, it is the noblest form of affection. There is nothing unnatural about it.

The man who can dominate a London dinner-table can dominate the world.

There is no feeling more comforting and consoling than knowing you are right next to the one you love.

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.

Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are.