Those who see any difference between soul and body have neither

Personality must be accepted for what it is. You mustn't mind that a poet is a drunk, rather that drunks are not always poets.

I am afraid he has one of those terribly weak natures that are susceptible to influence.

Do you really keep a diary? I'd give anything to look at it. May I? Oh, no. You see, it is simply a very young girl's record of her own thoughts and impressions, and consequently meant for publication. When it appears in volume form I hope you will order a copy.

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.

There is nothing that stirs in the whole world of thought to which sorrow does not vibrate in terrible and exquisite pulsation.

Most men and women are forced to perform parts for which they have no qualification.