The artist is called a creator.

To one man a stream is so much water-power, to another a rendezvous for lovers.

Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art.

It is not enough that a man has clearness of vision, and reliance on sincerity, he must also have the art of expression, or he will remain obscure.

It is not true that a man can believe or disbelieve what he will. But it is certain that an active desire to find any proposition true will unconsciously tend to that result by dismissing importunate suggestions which run counter to the belief, and welcoming those which favor it. The psychological law, that we only see what interests us, and only assimilate what is adapted to our condition, causes the mind to select its evidence.

A man may be variously accomplished, and yet be a feeble poet.

The artist is called a creator.