By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.

Philanthropy [has become] simply the refuge of people who wish to annoy their fellow creatures.

The English country-gentleman galloping after a fox — the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable.

Most of our modern portrait painters are doomed to absolute oblivion. They never paint what they see. They paint what the public sees, and the public never sees anything.

Every single work of art is the fulfillment of a prophecy; for every work of art is the conversion of an idea into an image.

I was very much disappointed in the Atlantic Ocean.

I never forget a face, but in your case I'll make an exception.