Youth is the only thing worth having. When I find that I am growing old, I shall kill myself.

Yes, I am a thorough republican. No other form of government is so favorable to the growth of art. ...because of the importance it places on the individual, their liberty, self-expression, creativity, and personal responsibility.

I should have remembered that when one is going to lead an entirely new life, one requires regular and wholesome meals.

What is termed Sin is an essential element of progress. Without it the world would stagnate, or grow old, or become colourless.

What the worm was to the corpse, his sins would be to the painted image on the canvas. They would mar its beauty, and eat away its grace. they would defile it, and make it shameful. And yet the thing would still live on. It would be always alive. (Dorian Gray regarding his portrait)

The stage is not merely the meeting place of all the arts, but is also the return of art to life.

Life is not governed by will or intention. Life is a question of nerves, and fibres, and slowly built-up cells in which thought hides itself and passion has its dreams.