In the common world of fact the wicked were not punished, nor the good rewarded. Success was given to the strong, failure thrust upon the weak. That was all.

Sin is the only real colour element left in modern life.

Each of the professions means a prejudice. The necessity for a career forces every one to take sides. We live in the age of the overworked, and the under-educated; the age in which people are so industrious that they become absolutely stupid.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

I have always been of the opinion that hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing whatever to do.

Alone, and without any reference to his neighbours, without any interference, the artist can fashion a beautiful thing; and if he does not do it solely for his own pleasure, he is not an artist at all.

The work of art is to dominate the spectator: the spectator is not to dominate the work of art.