He knew the precise psychological moment when to say nothing.

When I was young, I was no one. Now, I'm worldwilde.

Genius lasts longer than beauty

A temperament capable of receiving, through an imaginative medium, and under imaginative conditions, new and beautiful impressions, is the only temperament that can appreciate a work of art.

There is nothing that art cannot express.

Public Opinion... an attempt to organize the ignorance of the community, and to elevate it to the dignity of physical force.

He must have a truly romantic nature, for he weeps when there is nothing at all to weep about.