Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness.

Quote by George Jean Nathan

Topics: Artists Quotes

I know many married men, I even know a few happily married men, but I...

I know many married men, I even know a few happily married men, but I...

Love is an emotion experienced by the many and enjoyed by the few.

Love is an emotion experienced by the many and enjoyed by the few.

Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.

Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.

Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry.

Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry.

Love demands infinitely less than friendship.

Love demands infinitely less than friendship.

An actor without a playwright is like a hole without a doughnut.

An actor without a playwright is like a hole without a doughnut.

It is only the cynicism that is born of success that is penetrating and valid.

It is only the cynicism that is born of success that is penetrating and valid.

Whenever a man encounters a woman in a mood he doesn't understand, he wants to...

Whenever a man encounters a woman in a mood he doesn't understand, he wants to...

So long as there is one pretty girl left on the stage, the professional undertakers...

So long as there is one pretty girl left on the stage, the professional undertakers...

I drink to make other people interesting.

I drink to make other people interesting.

A man's wife is his compromise with the illusion of his first sweetheart.

A man's wife is his compromise with the illusion of his first sweetheart.

Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important...

Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important...

I only drink to make other people seem interesting.

I only drink to make other people seem interesting.

Criticism is the windows and chandeliers of art: it illuminates the enveloping darkness in which...

Criticism is the windows and chandeliers of art: it illuminates the enveloping darkness in which...

Love is an emotion experienced by the many and enjoyed by the few

Love is an emotion experienced by the many and enjoyed by the few

A man admires a woman not for what she says, but what she listens to.

A man admires a woman not for what she says, but what she listens to.

No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched.

No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched.

A life spent in constant labor is a life wasted, save a man be such...

A life spent in constant labor is a life wasted, save a man be such...

The path of sound credence is through the thick forest of skepticism.

The path of sound credence is through the thick forest of skepticism.

The test of a real comedian is whether you laugh at him before he opens...

The test of a real comedian is whether you laugh at him before he opens...