I refuse the title of artist to those who owe their reputations to a physical deformity. I regard them as buffoons.

What matters poverty? What matters anything to him who is enamoured of our art? Does he not carry in himself every joy and every beauty?

We ought to hate very rarely, as it is too fatiguing; remain indifferent to a great deal, forgive often and never forget.

I do love cricket - it's so very English.

The theatre is the involuntary reflex of the ideas of the crowd.

One should hate very little, because it's extremely fatiguing. One should despise much, forgive often and never forget. Pardon does not bring with it forgetfulness; at least not for me.

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