Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision.

You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

When one door is closed, don't you know that many more are open

Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.

Sometimes glass glitters more than diamonds because it has more to prove.

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise.

Everyone is born a genius, but the process of living de-geniuses them.

Passion goes, Boredom remains.

Anyone who attempts to generate random numbers by deterministic means is, of course, living in a state of sin.

Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.

He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future.

I fully realize that no wealth or position can long endure, unless built upon truth and justice; therefore, I will engage in no transaction which does not benefit all whom it affects.

Obsession is an attractive thing. People who are really, really interested and good at one thing and smart are attractive, if they're men.

I'll always be poor in my mind.

I love children, especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away.

Hollywood brides keep the bouquets and throw away the grooms.

You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit.

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.