George Jean Nathan

Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles…

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

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

No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched…

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

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

Bad officials are the ones elected by good citizens who do not vote…

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

To speak of morals in art is to speak of legislature in sex. Art is…

Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry…

Love demands infinitely less than friendship…

Criticism is the art of appraising others at one’s own value…

A man reserves his true and deepest love not for the species of woman in…

Women, as they grow older, rely more and more on cosmetics. Men, as they grow…

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