I didn't have a life until I went up onstage.
What the worm was to the corpse, his sins would be to the painted image on the canvas. They would mar its beauty, and eat away its grace. they would defile it, and make it shameful. And yet the thing would still live on. It would be always alive. (Dorian Gray regarding his portrait)
Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.
A gentleman never offends unintentionally
Art persists, it timelessly continues.
There was so much in you that charmed me that I felt I must tell you something about yourself. I thought how tragic it would be if you were wasted.