“It is only about things that do not interest one, that one can give a really unbiassed opinion; and this is no doubt the reason why an unbiased opinion is always valueless.”

“Diversity of opinion about a work of art shows that the work is new, complex, and vital.When critics disagree the artist is in accord with himself.We can forgive a man for making a useful thing as long as he does not admire it. The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely.All art is quite useless.”

“The only thing that one really knows about human nature is that it changes. Change is the one quality we can predicate of it.”

“My dear fellow why have you any reason? What odd chaps you painters are. You do anything in the world to gain a reputation. As soon as you have one you seem to want to throw it away. It is silly of you for there is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.”

“Indeed I have always been of the opinion that hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing to do.”

“I have always been of opinion that hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing whatever to do.”

“By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, journalism keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.”