Man cannot live on the human plane, he must be either above or below it.

Culture is a sham if it is only a sort of Gothic front put on an iron building -- like Tower Bridge -- or a classical front put on a steel frame -- like the Daily Telegraph building in Fleet Street. Culture, if it is to be a real thing and a holy thing, must be the product of what we actually do for a living -- not something added, like sugar on a pill.

Art is skill, that is the first meaning of the word.

Legibility, in practice, amounts simply to what one is accustomed to.

The artist is not a different kind of person, but every person is a different kind of artist.

If you look after goodness and truth, beauty will take care of itself.

There are now about as many different varieties of letters as there are different kinds of fools.