Boston: Clear out eight hundred thousand people and preserve it as a museum piece. New York: Prison towers and modern posters for soap and whiskey. Pittsburgh: Abandon it.

Good taste is not a substitute for knowledge

If it sells, it's art.

Man is a phase of nature, and only as he is related to nature does he matter, does he have any account whatever above the dust.

Respect the masterpiece. It is true reverence to man. There is no quality so great, none so much needed now.

Individuality realized is the supreme attainment of the human soul, the master-master's work of art. Individuality is sacred.

San Francisco is the only city I can think of that can survive all the things you people are doing to it and still look beautiful.