A person incapable of imaging another world than given to him by his senses would be subhuman, and a person who identifies his imaginary world with the world of sensory fact has become insane.

See without looking, hear without listening, breathe without asking.

Lovers have lived so long with giants and elves, they won't believe again in their own size.

A poor American feels guilty at being poor, but less guilty than an American rentier who has inherited wealth but is doing nothingto increase it; what can the latter do but take to drink and psychoanalysis?

When I am in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who has strayed by mistake into a drawing room full of dukes.

Of all possible subjects, travel is the most difficult for an artist, as it is the easiest for a journalist.

The theater has never been any good since the actors became gentlemen.