Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.
Genius might be described as a supreme capacity for getting its possessors into trouble of all kinds
All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.
Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it.
They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, "Can he name a kitten?"
The history of art is the history of revivals.