There was so much in you that charmed me that I felt I must tell you something about yourself. I thought how tragic it would be if you were wasted.

There were moments when he looked on evil simply as a mode through which he could realize his conception of the beautiful.

Oh, don't cough, Ernest. When one is dictating one should speak fluently and not cough. Besides, I don't know how to spell a cough.

All great ideas are dangerous.

Live the wonderful life that is in you.

I gave my genius to my life, but my talent to my art.

They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only Beauty.