If you cannot prove a man wrong, don't panic. You can always call him names.

California is an Italy without its art.

We women, as some one says, love with our ears, just as you men love with your eyes.

We in the House of Lords are never in touch with public opinion. That makes us a civilised body.

When we are happy, we are always good, but when we are good, we are not always happy.

Bad artists always admire each other's work. They call it being large-minded and free from prejudice. But a truly great artist cannot conceive of life being shown, or beauty fashioned, under any conditions other than those he has selected.

The great things in life are what they seem to be. And for that reason, strange as it may sound to you, often are very difficult to interpret (understand). Great passions are for the great of souls. Great events can only be seen by people who are on a level with them. We think we can have our visions for nothing. We cannot. Even the finest and most self-sacrificing visions have to be paid for. Strangely enough, that is what makes them fine.