Who of English speech, bred to the traditions of his race, does not recognize Hamlet in his 'inky cloak' at a glance? Not to know him would argue one's self untaught in the chief glories of his language.

It is not meant that the artist, in arriving at truth, must follow the way of the scientist, or, in stating it, the way of the philosopher.

Is there not an art, a music, and a stream of words that shalt be life, the acknowledged voice of life?

The willingness to take risks is our grasp of faith.

I seldom deal in symbolisms; if there be hidden meanings in my verse, they are there without my knowledge.

Thrashing is not the most noticeably awful of disappointments. Not to have attempted is the genuine disappointment.

You must find the ideas that have some promise in them... It is not enough to just have ideas.