What the artist is always looking for is the mode of existence in which soul and body are one and indivisible: in which the outward is expressive of the inward: in which form reveals.

Know thyself' was written over the portal of the antique world. Over the portal of the new world, 'Be thyself' shall be written.

I am a born antinomian. I am one of those who are made for exceptions, not for laws. But while I see that there is nothing wrong in what one does, I see that there is something wrong in what one becomes.

One must have a heart of stone to read the death of little Nell without laughing.

Only the unimaginative can fail to find a reason for drinking Champagne

"I hope your hair curls naturally, does it?" "Yes, darling, with a little help from others."

Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.