The trouble about the Academie is that by the time they get around to electing us to a seat, we really need a bed.
One sits down first; one thinks afterwards.
Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail.
Statues to great men are made of the stones thrown at them in their lifetime.
When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work.