Literature always anticipates life. It doesn't copy it but moulds it to it's purpose.

every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter. The sitter is merely the accident, the occasion. It is not he who is revealed by the painter; it is rather the painter who, on the coloured canvas, reveals himself.

When I like people immensely I never tell their names to anyone. It is like surrendering a part of them. I have grown to love secrecy.

A true artist takes no notice whatever of the public. The public to him are non-existent.

The only way to even approach doing something perfectly is through experience, and experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.

All sins, except a sin against itself, Love should forgive. All lives, save loveless lives, true Love should pardon.

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