There is a point in portraying surface vulgarity where tragedy and comedy are very close.

There is a point in portraying surface vulgarity where tragedy and comedy are very close.

I love luxury. And luxury lies not in richness and ornateness but in the absence of vulgarity. Vulgarity is the read more

I love luxury. And luxury lies not in richness and ornateness but in the absence of vulgarity. Vulgarity is the ugliest word in our language. I stay in the game to fight it.

A thing is not vulgar merely because it is common

A thing is not vulgar merely because it is common

By vulgarity I mean that vice of civilization which makes man ashamed of himself and his next of kin, and read more

By vulgarity I mean that vice of civilization which makes man ashamed of himself and his next of kin, and pretend to be somebody else.

No crime is vulgar, but all vulgarity is crime

No crime is vulgar, but all vulgarity is crime

The undressed is vulgar - the nude is pure

The undressed is vulgar - the nude is pure

Think with the wise, but talk with the vulgar.

Think with the wise, but talk with the vulgar.

Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other people

Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other people

There are no people who are quite so vulgar as the over-refined.

There are no people who are quite so vulgar as the over-refined.