The real people of genius were resolute workers not idle dreamers.
It is unhappily true that much insincere Literature and Art, executed solely with a view to effect, does succeed by deceiving the public.
Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism.
Literature delivers tidings of the world within and the world without.
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.