As all Art depends on Vision, so the different kinds of Art depend on the different ways in which minds look at things.

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

All good Literature rests primarily on insight.

Many a genius has been slow of growth. Oaks that flourish for a thousand years do not spring up into beauty like a reed.

Sincerity is moral truth.

No man ever made a great discovery without the exercise of the imagination.

Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism.