The basis of action is lack of imagination. It is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.

It is only shallow people who require years to get rid of an emotion. A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure. I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.

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

In England ... education produces no effect whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and would probably lead to acts of violence in Grosvenor Square.

I'm so smart, I read and understand Hegel

Absolute catholicity of taste is not without its dangers. It is only an auctioneer who should admire all schools of art.

What is said of man is nothing; the point is, who says it.