For the theatre one needs long arms... an artiste with short arms can never make a fine gesture.

New ideas come into this world somewhat like falling meteors, with a flash and an explosion, and perhaps somebody's castle-roof perforated.

I adore Chicago. It is the pulse of America.

Slow down? Rest? With all eternity before me?

Permanent success cannot be achieved except by incessant intellectual labour, always inspired by the ideal.

Those who know the joys and miseries of celebrities when they have passed the age of forty know how to defend themselves.

Oscar Wilde: 'Do you mind if I smoke?' Sarah Bernhardt: 'I don't care if you burn.'