no one is more trustworthy than the repentant sinner who has been found out..

when I came to know Greek art I instantly understood that excess and perfection are enemies; yet on the other hand this world and the millions of wor….

Because I have conducted my own operas and love sheep-dogs; because I generally dress in tweeds, and sometimes, at winter afternoon concerts, have ev….

The charms of seclusion are seldom combined with the conveniences of civilization..

If some people are right, artists are put into this world not to practice their art, but to talk about it. And judging by the flattering invitations ….

[On golf:] ... though aware I could never be more than a humble potterer, it was impossible to repress the wild upsurgings of hope known to all middl….

The habit some writers indulge in of perpetual quotation is one it behooves lovers of good literature to protest against, for it is an insidious habi….

crawling about the floor like half-dead November flies is one thing, and dancing reels another..

the majority of critical, and plenty of uncritical, readers find quotations a bore..

No doubt other writers have often put a thing more brilliantly, more subtly than even a very cunning artist in words can hope to emulate, a supreme p….

If a young dog strays up the aisle during church no one says anything, no one does anything, but, none the less, he soon becomes aware that something….

night after night I went to sleep murmuring, 'To-morrow I will be easy, strong, quick, supple, accurate, dashing and self-controlled all at once!' Fo….

I have often noticed that when Fate has a phenomenal run of ill luck in store for you, she begins by dropping a rare piece of good fortune into your ….

acceptance is an art that must be mastered if we want to keep our friends for the span of life that remains to us, and presently step off the stage w….

I loved dancing with a delirious 'I wish I could die' passion, especially when the music appealed to me ... but alas! only one in ten partners had an….

the writer must resist this temptation [to quote] and do his best with his own tools. It would be most convenient for us musicians if, arrived at a g….

I feel I must fight for [my music], because I want women to turn their minds to big and difficult jobs; not just to go on hugging the shore, afraid t….

I can imagine nothing more tiresome than always to speak of people as if they were listening at the door..

if you take passionate interest in a subject, it is hard not to believe yourself specially equipped for it..