The camera, you know, will never capture you. Photography, in my experience, has the miraculous power of transferring wine into water.

Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot explain away.

I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take towards life.

Whenever cannibals are on the brink of starvation, Heaven, in its infinite mercy, sends them a fat missionary.

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

If art is to have a special train, the critic must keep some seats reserved on it.

The chin a little higher, dear. Style largely depends on the way the chin is worn. They are worn very high, just at present.