No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.

She is very clever, too clever for a woman. She lacks the indefinable charm of weakness.

Charity creates a multitude of sins.

My great mistake, the fault for which I can’t forgive myself, is that one day I ceased my obstinate pursuit of my own individuality.

Lying, the telling of beautiful untrue things, is the proper aim of Art.

I find him in the curves of certain lines, in the loveliness and subtleties of certain colours.

Dullness is the coming of age of seriousness.