All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril. Those who read the symbol do so at their peril. It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors. Diversity of opinion about a work of art shows that the work is new, complex, and vital. When critics disagree, the artist is in accord with himself.

A truth ceases to be true when more than one person believes in it.

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

I analyzed you, though you did not adore me.

Morality, like art, means drawing a line someplace.

When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

I never play cricket. It requires one to assume such indecent postures.