The artist is the creator of beautiful things. To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim. The critic is he who can translate into another manner or a new material his impression of beautiful things.

When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with her.

Don't run down dyed hair and painted faces. There is an extraordinary charm in them, sometimes.

Good intentions have been the ruin of the world. The only people who have achieved anything have been those who have had no intentions at all.

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

The proper aim is to try and reconstruct society on such a basis that poverty will be impossible.

We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language.