It is always pleasant to be urged to do something on the ground that one can do it well.
George SantayanaIf artists and poets are unhappy, it is after all because happiness does not interest them.
George SantayanaYou and I possess manifold ideal bonds in the interests we share; but each of us has his poor body and his irremediable, incommunicable dreams.
George SantayanaIn each person I catch the fleeting suggestion of something beautiful and swear eternal friendship with that.
George Santayana