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

Myth embodies the nearest approach to absolute truth that can be stated in words.

It is only when the maker of things is a maker of things by vocation, and not merely holding down a job, that the price of things is approximate to their real value. . . .

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

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

The most awkward means are adequate to the communication of authentic experience, and the finest words no compensation for lack of it. It is for this reason that we are moved by the true Primitives and that the most accomplished art craftsmanship leaves us cold.

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