In outward show so splendid and so vain; 'tis but a gilded block without a brain.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A masterpiece... may be unwelcome but it is never dull.
Showing off is the fool's idea of glory.
The avant garde is so narcissistic.
In the theater, I could envision myself as wonderful because of the audience response to my lines.
I think directors can become overly infatuated by gilt and gold, and the word 'lavish' and everything being magnificent.
Genius without education is like silver in the mine.
'Sherlock' is beautifully done, if I may say so myself. Even if I wasn't in it, I would like the show.
You know what's a great way of tricking people into thinking you're a genius? Write a show about geniuses!
Painting... in which the inner and the outer man are inseparable, transcends technique, transcends subject and moves into the realm of the inevitable.
We hold that the most wonderful and splendid proof of genius is a great poem produced in a civilized age.