American art, like the American language and American education, was as far as possible sexless.

The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends by killing the victim's sympathies.

The Jewish question is really the most serious of our problems.

At the utmost, the active-minded young man should ask of his teacher only mastery of his tools. The young man himself, the subject of education, is a certain form of energy; the object to be gained is economy of his force; the training is partly the clearing away of obstacles, partly the direct application of effort. Once acquired, the tools and models may be thrown away.

It is always good men who do the most harm in the world.

I want to be advertised and the easiest way is to do something obnoxious and do it well.

Morality is a private and costly luxury.