It is a dangerous thing to reform anyone.

The basis of action is lack of imagination. It is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.

The artist is the creator of beautiful things. To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim.

Only the shallow know themselves.

Absolute catholicity of taste is not without its dangers. It is only an auctioneer who should admire all schools of art.

The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork.

Though of all poses a moral pose is the most offensive, still to have a pose at all is something.