And Beauty is a form of Genius - is higher, indeed, than Genius, as it needs no explanation.

I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.

Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.

The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.

Oh, brothers! I don't care for brothers. My elder brother won't die, and my younger brothers seem never to do anything else.

If a man treats life artistically, his brain is his heart.

What fire does not destroy, it hardens

All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

Living a selfish life is a recipe for disaster

Battling through poverty was not my forte, and I didn't have the inkling of eluding them.

Do the new, be the change.

Faith will not be restored in the West because people believe it to be useful. It will return only when they find that it is true.

The artist's knowledge of his own creative nature is often unconscious; he pursues his mysterious way of life in a strange innocence.

Intelligent too, ooh you my sweetheart. I've always liked my women book and street smart. Long as they got a lil' class like half days and the confidence to overlook my past ways.

You want to finish something when it's good. You don't want to be the last one at the party!

Things take a long time, but when it's right things move fast.

I am not afraid of anything. I am voting for Hillary Clinton because I am excited and enthusiastic.

For great many species today, fitness means the ability to get along in a world in which humankind has become the most powerful evolutionary force.