Young men want to be faithful, and are not. Old men want to be faithless, and cannot.

Divorces are made in heaven.

The British cook, for her iniquities, is a foolish woman who should be turned into a pillar of salt which she never knows how to use.

That very concentration of vision and intensity of purpose which is the characteristic of the artistic temperament is in itself a mode of limitation. To those who are preoccupied with the beauty of form nothing else seems of much importance.

It's either the wallpaper or me. One of us has to go. [These were his dying words.]

People sometimes inquire what form of government is most suitable for an artist to live under. To this question there is only one answer. The form of government that is most suitable to the artist is no government at all.

The world is divided into two classes, those who believe the incredible, and those who do the improbable.