The only difference between a caprice and a life-long passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.

You had brought me something higher, something of which all art is but a reflection.

One should absorb the colour of life, but one should never remember its detail. Details are always vulgar.

Don't run down dyed hair and painted faces. There is an extraordinary charm in them, sometimes.

To get back my youth, I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable.