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.

Create yourself. Be yourself your poem.

Only people who look dull ever get into the House of Commons, and only people who are dull ever succeed there.

The only form of lying that is absolutely beyond reproach is lying for its own sake.

The stage is not merely the meeting place of all the arts, but is also the return of art to life.

The moment that an artist takes notice of what other people want, and tries to supply the demand, he ceases to be an artist.

Nothing makes one so vain as being told that one is a sinner.