When someone sets out to be controversial or provocative or shocking as an end in itself, I don't think that's a noble goal.
Nothing in art should seem accidental, not even movement
If one were to say but few words, though ones with meaning, one would do better than to say many that were only empty sounds, and just as easy to utter as they were of little use.
I don't like it when people shout on stage without any particular reason. It carries no weight.
Write like it matters, and it will.
That which achieves its effect by accident is not art.
Let's acknowledge the difference between speaking up with intention and speaking up for attention.
I believe that one always does himself and his audience an injustice when he speaks merely for the sake of speaking. I do not believe that one should speak unless, deep down in his heart, he feels convinced that he has a message to deliver.
The principle of parsimony is valid esthetically in that the artist must not go beyond what is needed for his purpose.
I am very little inclined on any occasion to say anything unless I hope to produce some good by it.
