I have never known a novel that was good enough to be good in spite of its being adapted to the author's political views.

True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision.

When people ask for time, it's always for time to say no. Yes has one more letter in it, but it doesn't take half as long to say.

Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of doing what has been done before.