If a man treats life artistically, his brain is his heart.

I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.

In England it is enough for a man to try and produce any serious, beautiful work to lose all his rights as a citizen.

Most men and women are forced to perform parts for which they have no qualification.

The true artist is known by what he annexes, and he annexes everything.

Like dear St. Francis of Assisi I am wedded to Poverty: but in my case the marriage is not a success.

I am quite incapable of understanding how any work of art can be criticized from a moral standpoint. The sphere of art and the sphere of ethics are absolutely distinct and separate.