To be really mediæval one should have no body. To be really modern one should have no soul. To be really Greek one should have no clothes.

Psycholog­y is in its infancy, as a science. I hope in the interests of Art, it will always remain so.

The Roman Catholic Church is for saints and sinners alone - for respectable people, the Anglican Church will do.

If a man needs an elaborate tombstone in order to remain in the memory of his country, it is clear that his living at all was an act of absolute superfluity.

To have friends, you know, one need only be good-natured; but when a man has no enemy left there must be something mean about him.

Niagara Falls is simply a vast unnecessary amount of water going over the wrong way and then falling over unnecessary cliffs...The wonder would be if the water did not fall.

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.