It is a much cleverer thing to talk nonsense than to listen to it.

Nature is a wet place where large numbers of ducks fly overhead uncooked.

Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.

LORD ILLINGWORTH: The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. MRS ALLONBY: And the body is born young and grows old. That is life's tragedy.

The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.

Freedom, individualism and being yourself so long as you don't hurt another's physical person or property: The true artist is a man who believes absolutely in himself, because he is absolutely himself.

Beauty is a form of genius -- is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs no explanation.