I have found that all ugly things are made by those who strive to make something beautiful, and that all beautiful things are made by those who strive to make something useful.

For us there is only one season, the season of sorrow. The very sun and moon seem taken from us.

There is more to be said for stupidity than people imagine. Personally I have a great admiration for stupidity. It is a sort of fellow-feeling, I suppose.

I now see that sorrow, being the supreme emotion of which man is capable, is at once the type and test of all great art.

In matters of grave importance, style, not sincerity, is the vital thing.

A writer is someone who has taught his mind to misbehave.

The only thing worse than quoting me, is not quoting me