وهو رجل مهذب مثقف لكنه صموت جدا، لأنه - كما قال - قال كل ما يمكن قوله قبل أن يبلغ الثلاثين من العمر.

“I think life too complex a thing to be settled by these hard and fast rules.”

“If a man treats life artistically, his brain is his heart”

“For the canons of good society are, or should be, the same as the canons of art…”

“Art is always more abstract than we fancy. Form and colour tell us of form and …”