It is perfectly monstrous,' he said, at last, 'the way people go about nowadays saying things against one behind one's back that are absolutely and entirely true.

The work of art is to dominate the spectator: the spectator is not to dominate the work of art.

Personality must be accepted for what it is. You mustn't mind that a poet is a drunk, rather that drunks are not always poets.

A really well-made buttonhole is the only link between Art and Nature.

I worshipped you too much. I am punished for it. You worshipped yourself too much. We are both punished.

No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.

The very essence of romance is uncertainty.