A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament. Its beauty comes from the fact that the author is what he is. ...Art is the most intense mode of Individualism that the world has known. I am inclined to say that it is the only real mode of Individualism that the world has known. ...Art is Individualism.

No artist has ethical sympathies. An ethical sympathy in an artist is an unpardonable mannerism of style.

When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.

Charity creates a multitude of sins.

He was always late on principle, his principle being that punctuality is the thief of time.

Each of the professions means a prejudice. The necessity for a career forces every one to take sides. We live in the age of the overworked, and the under-educated; the age in which people are so industrious that they become absolutely stupid.

The greatest of all sins is stupidity.