Reason to rule, mercy to forgive: The first is law, the last prerogative.

- Louis Dudek

Art is anything people do with distinction.

- Louis Dudek

There is no original sin. It's all been done before.

- Louis Dudek

Intellectually, most people never wash. They never free their minds of the accumulated rubbish of centuries.

- Louis Dudek

A critic at best is a waiter at the great table of literature.

- Louis Dudek

All the ills of mankind spring from belonging to a race, a nation, a city, a group of some kind. The ideal would be to belong to none, and to care fo…

- Louis Dudek

There are two kinds of people; those who are always well and those who are always sick. Most of the evils of the world come from the first sort and m…

- Louis Dudek

The philistine provides the best definition of art. Anything that makes him rage is first class.

- Louis Dudek

A good reputation is better than fame.

- Louis Dudek