The sum of human wisdom is not contained in any one language.

Genius... is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one.

No teacher has ever failed from ignorance. That is empiric professional knowledge. Teachers fail because they cannot `handle the class.' Real education must ultimately be limited to men how INSIST on knowing, the rest is mere sheep-herding.

Quiet this metal! Let the manes put off their terror, let them put off their aqueous bodies with fire. Let them assume the milk-white bodies of agate. Let them draw together the bones of the metal.

A real building is one on which the eye can light and stay lit.

Any general statement is like a check drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

The only thing one can give an artist is leisure in which to work. To give an artist leisure is actually to take part in his creation.