One gets into a strange psychological, almost hypnotic, state of mind while on the firing line which probably prevents the mind's eye from observing and noticing things in a normal way.

The outbreak of the war found my wife and me in Switzerland, where we were taking a cure.

The earlier days of the republic went into the acquisition of money and the provision for material things is now finding an outlet in the espousal of art. Now America has the leisure and the culture to foster beauty.

Genius is an overused word. The world has known only about a half dozen geniuses. I got only fairly near.

Life that only a few hours before had glowed with enthusiasm and exultation, suddenly paled and sickened.

IN trying to recall my impressions during my short war duty as an officer in the Austrian Army, I find that my recollections of this period are very uneven and confused

I saw a great many men die afterwards, some suffering horribly, but I do not recall any death that affected me quite so much as that of this first victim in my platoon.