The Only History That Matters Is The

The Artist Is Always Beginning. Any Work Of Art Which Is Not A Beginning, An Invention, A Discovery Is Of Little Worth.

Genius Is The Capacity To See Ten Things Where The Ordinary Man Sees One, And The Man Of Talent Sees Two Or Three, Plus The Ability To Register That Multiple Perception In The Material Of His Art.

Any General Statement Is Like A Check Drawn On A Bank. Its Value Depends On What Is There To Meet It.

The Apparition Of These Faces In The Crowd; Petals On A Wet Black Bough.

Music Begins To Atrophy When It Departs Too Far From The Dance... Poetry Begins To Atrophy When It Gets Too Far From Music.