It is only an auctioneer who can equally and impartially admire all schools of Art.
隻有拍賣員才能平等公正、不偏不倚地欣賞所有藝術流派。
All art is immoral. For emotion for the sake of emotion is the aim of art, and emotion for the sake of action is the aim of life.
所有的藝術都是不道德的。因為藝術的目的是讓情緒為情緒服務，而生活的目的是讓情緒為行動服務。
Art is our spirited protest, our gallant attempt to teach Nature her proper place.
藝術是人類的英勇反抗——我們滿腔豪情地試圖告訴自然它應該是什麽樣子的。
No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did he would cease to be an artist.
沒有任何一個偉大的藝術家會看見事物真實的樣子。如果他看見了，他就不是藝術家了。
Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
保持一致是缺乏想象力的借口。
Bad artists always admire each other’s work. They call it being large-minded and free from prejudice. But a truly great artist cannot conceive of life being shown, or beauty fashioned, under any conditions other than those he has selected.
糟糕的藝術家總能互相欣賞。美其名曰心胸寬大、不存偏見。但真正偉大的藝術家不是這樣：除了自己選擇的方式，他們絕對不能想象以任何其他方式展現生活、創造美。
There are two ways of disliking art... One is to dislike it. The other is to like it rationally.
對藝術無感的人有兩種：一種是不喜歡藝術，另一種是以理性的方式喜歡藝術。
We have been able to have fine poetry in England because the public do not read it, and consequently do not influence it.
英國能有像樣的詩歌是因為公眾從不讀詩，因此從不對詩歌施加任何影響。
Popularity is the crown of laurel which the world puts on bad art. Whatever is popular is wrong.
流行是世界給糟糕的藝術戴上的桂冠。凡是流行的東西一律是錯誤的。
There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written or badly written. That is all.
世界上沒有道德的作品和不道德的作品，隻有寫得好的作品和寫得差的作品。
Talent borrows, genius steals.
天才是借來的，奇才是偷來的。
We are all in the gutter，but some of us are looking at the stars.
我們都在陰溝裏，但仍有人仰望星空。