The vocation, whether it be that of the farmer or the architect, is a function; the exercise of this function as regards the man himself is the most indispensable means of spiritual development, and as regards his relation to society the measure of his worth.

It is the natural instinct of a child to work from within outwards; "First I think, and then I draw my think." What wasted efforts we make to teach the child to stop thinking, and only to observe!

The artist is not a special kind of man, but every man is a special kind of artist.

The man incapable of contemplation cannot be an artist, but only a skillful workman.

All that is best for us comes of itself into our hands-but if we strive to overtake it, it perpetually eludes us.

We have come to think of art and work as incompatible, or at least independent categories and have for the first time in history created an industry without art.

No creature can attain a higher grade of nature without ceasing to exist.