An art is only great and significant if it is one that all may enjoy. The art of a clique is but a plaything.

The mathematician who after seeing Phedre asked: 'Qu'est que ca prouve?' was not such a fool as he has been generally made out. No one has ever been able to explain why the Doric temple of Paestum is more beautiful than a glass of cold beer except by bringing in considerations that have nothing to do with beauty.

It's very hard to be a gentleman and a writer.

I would sooner read a time-table or a catalogue than nothing at all. They are much more entertaining than half the novels that are written.

The audience is a very curious animal. It is shrewd rather than intelligent. Its mental capacity is less than that of its most intellectual members.

You must not pursue a success, but fly from it.

Beauty is also a Gift of God, one of the most rare and precious, and we should be thankful if we are happy enough to possess it and thankful, if we are not, that others possess it for our pleasure.