The essential function of art is moral. [...] But a passionate, implicit morality, not didactic. A morality which changes the blood, rather than the mind.
Never trust the artist. Trust the tale. The proper function of the critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it.
There is only one thing that a man really wants to do, all his life; and that is, to find his way to his God, his Morning Star, salute his fellow man, and enjoy the woman who has come the long way with him.
There is no such thing as liberty. You only change one sort of domination for another. All we can do is to choose our master.
