“All art is immortal. For emotion for the sake of emotion is the aim of art, and emotion for the sake of action is the aim of life.”

“To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim.”

“The artist is the creator of beautiful things. To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim.”

“Lying, the telling of beautiful untrue things, is the proper aim of Art.”

“Faithfulness is to the emotional life what consistency is to the life of the intellect - simply a confession of failures.”

“The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.”

“There is no mode of action, no form of emotion, that we do not share with the lower animals. It is only by language that we rise above them, or above each other - by language, which is the parent, and not the child, of thought.”