Do not think it wasted time to submit yourselves to any influence which may bring upon you any noble feeling.

An artist should be well read in the best books, and thoroughly high bred, both in heart and bearing. In a word, he should be fit for the best society, and should keef out of it.

The Spirit power begins in directing the Animal power to other than egoistic ends.

It is in this power of saying everything, and yet saying nothing too plainly, that the perfection of art consists.

I fear uniformity. You cannot manufacture great men any more than you can manufacture gold.

Mountains are to the rest of the body of the earth, what violent muscular action is to the body of man. The muscles and tendons of its anatomy are, in the mountain, brought out with force and convulsive energy, full of expression, passion, and strength.

There are no laws by which we can write Iliads.