Irony is wasted on the stupid

The trouble with the lower classes is that they lack the sense of tragedy given to them by the upper classes.

What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise for which we are later, in the fullness of time and understanding, very grateful for!

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

Greek dress was in its essence inartistic. Nothing should reveal the body but the body.

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 thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.