“The public is largely influenced by the look of a book. So are we all. It is the only artistic thing about the public.”

“In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody.”

“The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.”

“You know we poor artists have to show ourselves in society from time to time, just to remind the public that we are not savages.”

“Now art should never try to be popular. The public should try to make itself artistic.”

“The amount of women in London who flirt with their own husbands is perfectly scandalous. It looks so bad. It is simply washing one's clean linen in public.”

“Things are because we see them, and what we see, and how we see it, depends on the Arts that influenced us. To look at a thing is very different from seeing a thing. One does not see anything until one sees its beauty. Then, and then only, does it comes into existence.”