A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight.

My dear fellow, the truth isn’t quite the sort of thing one tells to a nice, sweet, refined girl. What extraordinary ideas you have about the way to behave to a woman!

It takes great deal of courage to see the world in all its tainted glory, and still to love it.

One should absorb the colour of life, but one should never remember its details. Details are always vulgar.

Alone, and without any reference to his neighbours, without any interference, the artist can fashion a beautiful thing; and if he does not do it solely for his own pleasure, he is not an artist at all.

A really well-made buttonhole is the only link between Art and Nature.

If property had simply pleasures, we could stand it; but its duties make it unbearable. In the interest of the rich we must get rid of it.