People never believe in volcanoes until the lava actually overtakes them.

The world is so ordered that we must, in a material sense, lose everything we have and love, one thing after another, until we ourselves close our eyes.

You cannot prove realism to a complete sceptic or idealist; but you can show an honest man that he is not a complete sceptic or idealist, but a realist at heart. So long as he is alive his sincere philosophy must fulfil the assumptions of his life and not destroy him.

The more rational an institution is the less it suffers by making concessions to others.

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination.

Tomes of aesthetic criticism hang on a few moments of real delight and intuition.

Graphic design is the paradise of individuality, eccentricity, heresy, abnormality, hobbies and humors.