The immature artist imitates. The mature artist steals.

Where misunderstanding serves others as an advantage, one is helpless to make oneself understood.

It is now life and not art that requires the willing suspension of disbelief.

Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal.

We who are liberal and progressive know that the poor are our equals in every sense except that of being equal to us.

Reasons for not keeping a notebook: 1) the ambiguity of the reader