People who count their chickens before they are hatched act very wisely because chickens run about so absurdly that it's impossible to count them accurately.

Art, like Nature, has her monsters

It is always worth while asking a question, though it is not always worth while answering one.

When I think of all the harm [the Bible] has done, I despair of ever writing anything to equal it.

The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely. All art is quite useless.

Love is a misunderstanding between two fools.

It is Nature who makes our artists for us, though it may be Art who taught them their right mode of expression.