Human beings are, necessarily, actors who...can be divided...into the sane who know they are acting and the mad who do not.

A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it goes on to become.

It's a pity I am so impatient and careless, as any ordinary person could learn all the techniques of photography in a week. It is the democratic art, i.e. technical skill is practically eliminated - the more foolproof cameras become with focusing and exposure gadgets the better - and artistic quality depends only on choice of subject.

The chances are that, in the course of his lifetime, the major poet will write more bad poems than the minor, simply because major poets write a lot.

All good art is in the nature of a letter written to amuse a sick friend. Too much art, particularly in our time, is only a letter written to oneself.

A god who is both self-sufficient and content to remain so could not interest us enough to raise the question of his existence.

No human being is innocent, but there is a class of innocent human actions called Games.