What Matters In Art Is Not Thinking

The Mortal Race Is Far Too Weak Not To Grow Dizzy On Unwonted Brights.

The Artist Who Is Not Also A Craftsman Is No Good; But, Alas, Most Of Our Artists Are Nothing Else.

You Acquire A Language Most Readily In The Country Where It Is Spoken; You Study Mineralogy Best Among Miners; And So With Everything Else.

The Rose Is Wont With Pride To Swell, And Ever Seeks To Rise.

Old Age Is Never Honored Among Us, But Only Indulged, As Childhood Is; And Old Men Lose One Of The Most Precious Rights Of Man,--that Of Being Judged By Their Peers.