“A photographer is like a cod, which produces a million eggs in order that one may reach maturity.”

“We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.”

“Thus, I blush to add, you can not be a philosopher and a good man, though you may be a philosopher and a great one.”

“The perfect love affair is one which is conducted entirely by post.”

“Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire? The one nearest the door of course.”

“Martyrdom, sir, is what these people like: it is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.”

“The ordinary man is an anarchist. He wants to do as he likes. He may want his neighbour to be governed, but he himself doesn't want to be governed. He is mortally afraid of government officials and policemen.”