A man's very highest moment is, I have no doubt at all, when he kneels in the dust, and beats his breast, and tells all the sins of his life.

Sometimes the poor are praised for being thrifty. But to recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising a man who is starving to eat less.

We are the zanies of sorrow. We are clowns whose hearts are broken.

George Moore wrote brilliant English until he discovered grammar.

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.

Full frontal nudity is reserved for Adam and Eve!

All thought is immoral. Its very essence is destruction. If you think of anything, you kill it. Nothing survives being thought of.