Bad people are, from the point of view of art, fascinating studies. They represent colour, variety and strangeness. Good people exasperate one's reason; bad people stir one's imagination.
If a work of art is rich and vital and complete, those who have artistic instincts will see its beauty, and those to whom ethics appeal more strongly than aesthetics will see its moral lesson. It will...
Beauty has as many meanings as man has moods. Beauty is the symbol of symbols. Beauty reveals everything, because it expresses nothing. When it shows us itself, it shows us the whole fiery-coloured wo...
There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about and that is not being talked about.
At every single moment of one's life one is going to be no less than what one has been.
Always! That is the dreadful word ... it is a meaningless word too.
Great passions are for the great of soul, and great events can be seen only by those who are on a level with them
I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex.
One is tempted to define man as a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
Bad artists always admire each others work.
When bankers get together for dinner, they discuss Art. When artists get together for dinner, they discuss Money
Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and a richness to life that nothing else can...
The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.
Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.
I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.
You like every one; that is to say, you are indifferent to every one.
Women treat us [men] like humanity treats gods – they worship us and keep bothering us to do something.
Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault.
The world is changed because you are made of ivory and gold. The curves of your lips rewrite history.