The mere mechanical technique of acting can be taught, but the spirit that is to give life to lifeless forms must be born in a man. No dramatic college can teach its pupils to think or to feel. It is Nature who makes our artists for us, though it may be Art who taught them their right mode of expression.

All bad art is the result of good intentions.

The only horrible thing in the world is ennui.

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

All art is at once surface and symbol.

Only the unimaginative can fail to find a reason for drinking Champagne

Most people are boring and stupid.