There should be a law that no ordinary newspaper should be allowed to write about art. The harm they do by their foolish and random writing it would be impossible to overestimate--not to the artist but to the public.... Without them we would judge a man simply by his work; but at present the newspapers are trying hard to induce the public to judge a sculptor, for instance, never by his statues but by the way he treats his wife; a painter by the amount of his income and a poet by the colour of his necktie.

A process which makes one rogue cleverer than another.

By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.

He who stands most remote from his age is he who mirrors it best.

I live in terror of not being misunderstood.

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.