If I am occasionally a little over-dressed, I make up for it by being always immensely over-educated.
It is exactly because a man cannot do a thing that he is a proper judge of it
While one should always study the method of a great artist, one should never imitate his manner. The manner of an artist is essentially individual, the method of an artist is absolutely universal. The first personality, which no one should copy.
The job of the critic is to report to us his moods.
Who am I to tamper with a masterpiece?
People say sometimes that Beauty is superficial. That may be so. But at least it is not so superficial as Thought is. To me, Beauty is the wonder of wonders. It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.