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.

Never buy a thing you don't want merely because it is dear.

The way of paradoxes is the way of truth. To test Reality we must see it on the tight-rope.

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.

I have the kiss of Walt Whitman still on my lips

It takes a thoroughly good woman to do a thoroughly stupid thing

Two men look out a window. One sees mud, the other sees the stars.