You could cover the whole earth with asphalt, but sooner or later green grass would break through.

It’s as much a writer’s concern, who is responsible to his readers for all the books written before him as well as those which will be written after him.

Knowledge has outstripped character development, and the young today are given an education rather than an upbringing.

People seldom learn from the mistakes of others-not because they deny the value of the past, but because they are faced with new problems.

There is nothing more wonderful than freedom of speech.

There is no progress in art.

Every master knows that the material teaches the artist.