I suggest that what we want to do is not to leave to posterity a great institution, but to leave behind a great tradition of journalism ably practiced in our time.

Publishing is a business, but journalism never was and is not essentially a business. Nor is it a profession.

To see, and to show, is the mission now undertaken by Life.

There are men who can write poetry, and there are men who can read balance sheets. The men who can read balance sheets cannot write.

The world of the 20th century, if it is to come to life in any viability of health and vigor, must be to a significant degree an American century.

It's easier to teach a poet how to read a balance sheet than it is to teach an accountant how to write.

Show me a man who claims he is objective and I'll show you a man with illusions.