It has been said that good prose should resemble the conversation of a well-bred man.

The artist produces for the liberation of his soul. It is his nature to create as it is the nature of water to run down the hill.

The ballet. I saw in the fugitive beauty of a dancer's gesture a symbol of life. It was achieved at the cost of unending effort but, with all the forces of gravity against it, a fleeting poise in mid-air, a lovely attitude worthy to be made immortal in a bas-relief, it was lost as soon as it was gained and there remained no more than the memory of an exquisite emotion. So life, lived variously and largely, becomes a work of art only when brought to its beautiful conclusion and is reduced to nothingness in the moment when it arrives at perfection.

It wasn't until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say, 'I don't know.'

"Do you like card tricks?" "No, I hate card tricks," I answered. "Well, I`ll just show you this one." He showed me three.

She loved three things — a joke, a glass of wine, and a handsome man.

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.