Most people are boring and stupid.

If they know nothing of victory, they are at least spared the knowledge of defeat.

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.

The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.

What a silly thing love is! It is not half as useful as logic, for it does not prove anything and it is always telling one things that are not going to happen, and making one believe things that are not true.

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.

Fashion is what one wears oneself. What is unfashionable is what other people wear. Just as vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people. And falsehoods the truths of other people. Other people are quite dreadful. The only possible society is oneself. To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance.