loving for their mere artificiality those renunciations that men have unwisely called virtue, as much as those natural rebellions that wise men still call sin.

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.

Love, as life, is a journey. Finding true love for the ever after is an amazing achievement.

Anger is meant to be acted upon. It is not meant to be acted out.

The worst of faces still is human.

I think that the biggest beauty essential is as simple as a good, full night's sleep.

You cannot hate a people and reach a people at the same time.

Much of the excitement we get out of our work is that we don't really know what we are doing.

I remember saying to my mom, 3 years old, every day, ‘I can fly!’ Living on the ninth floor, it was dangerous.

Man United have shops all round the world. It's a big money spinner plus the fact that they change their strip every five minutes.

I believe in the compelling power of love.