What Is Beautiful Is Moral, That Is

Do Not Imagine You Can Exorcise What Oppresses You In Life By Giving Vent To It In Art.

Writing This Book I Am Like A Man Playing The Piano With Lead Balls Attached To His Knuckles.

Come, Let’s Be Calm: No One Incapable Of Restraint Was Ever A Writer.

The Principal Thing In The World Is To Keep The Soul Aloft.

Always 'duty.' I Am Sick Of The Word. They Are A Lot Of Old Blockheads In Flannel Vests And Of Old Women With Foot-warmers And Rosaries Who Constantly Drone Into Our Ears 'duty, Duty!' Ah! By Jove! One's Duty Is To Feel What Is Great, Cherish The Beautiful, And Not Accept All The Conventions Of Society With The Ignominy That It Imposes Upon Us.