No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.

The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.

Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great deal of harm.

The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a great deal too much for it.

Some cause happiness wherever they go others whenever they go.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes.

The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates.

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.