Idealism springs from deep feelings, but feelings are nothing without the formulated idea that keeps them whole.

We may complain and cavil at the anarchy which is the amateurs natural element, but in soberness we must agree that if the amateur did not exist it would be necessary to invent him.

Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.

Art distills sensation and embodies it with enhanced meaning in a memorable form - or else it is not art.

An artist has every right - one may even say a duty - to exhibit his productions as prominently as he can.

Speech, after all, is in some measure an expression of character, and flexibility in its use is a good way to tell your friends from the robots.

Above all, the ability to feel the force of an argument apart from the substance it deals with is the strongest weapon against prejudice.