All History Is The History Of Thought.

To The Scientist, Nature Is Always And Merely A 'phenomenon,' Not In The Sense Of Being Defective In Reality, But In The Sense Of Being A Spectacle Presented To His Intelligent Observation; Whereas The Events Of History Are Never Mere Phenomena, Never Mere Spectacles For Contemplation, But Things Which The Historian Looks, Not At, But Through, To Discern The Thought Within Them.

What A Man Is Ashamed Of Is Always At Bottom Himself; And He Is Ashamed Of Himself At Bottom Always For Being Afraid.

The Sociability Of Artists Is A Paradoxical And Precarious Thing, And Ceases The Instant They Begin Their Actual Artistic Work.

The Romantic Artist Expects People To Ask, 'what Has He Got To Say?' The Classical Artist Expects Them To Ask, 'how Does He Say It?

Parenthood Is Not An Object Of Appetite Or Even Desire. It Is An Object Of Will. There Is No Appetite For Parenthood; There Is Only A Purpose Or Intention Of Parenthood.