Of necessity, we made the discovery that it is easier to turn poets into business journalists than to turn bookkeepers into writers.

Time should make enemies and Life should make friends.

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.

Not much longer shall we have time for reading lessons of the past. An inexorable present calls us to the defense of a great future.

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

Of necessity, we made the discovery that it is easier to turn poets into business journalists than to turn bookkeepers into writers.

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.