There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written.

You have filled my tea with lumps of sugar, and though I asked most distinctly for bread and butter, you have given me cake. I am known for the gentleness of my disposition, and the extraordinary sweetness of my nature, but I warn you, Miss Cardew, you may go too far.

No work of art ever puts forward views. Views belong to people who are not artists.

He made me see what Life is, and what Death signifies, and why Love is stronger than both.

Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship.

It is only an auctioneer who can equally and impartially admire all schools of art.

The heart was made to be broken.