When a person has found something which he prefers to life itself, he for the first time has begun to live.

The simple sense of wonder at the shapes of things, and at their exuberant independence of our intellectual standards and our trivial definitions, is the basis of spirituality.

There is nothing harder to learn than painting and nothing which most people take less trouble about learning.

The present condition of fame is merely fashion.

When a person has found something which he prefers to life itself, he for the first time has begun to live.

It seems to me,' said the other, 'That you are simply seeking a pretext to insult the Marquis.' By George!' said Syme facing round and looking at him, 'What a clever chap you are!

Every great literature has always been allegorical - allegorical of some view of the whole universe. The 'Iliad' is only great because all life is a battle, the 'Odyssey' because all life is a journey, the Book of Job because all life is a riddle.