The beautiful is the experimental proof that the incarnation is possible.

The most important part of teaching is to teach what it is to know.

Distance is the soul of beauty.

Rome is the Great Beast of atheism and materialism, adoring nothing but itself. Israel is the Great Beast of religion. Neither one nor the other is likable. The Great Beast is always repulsive

More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems to spring from the fact that every layman considers himself a valid critic.

It is precisely those artists and writers who are most inclined to think of their art as the manifestation of their personality who are in fact the most in bondage to public taste.

The vulnerability of precious things is beautiful because vulnerability is a mark of existence. The destruction of Troy. The fall of the petals from fruit trees in blossom. To know that what is most precious is not rooted in existence - that is beautiful.