Art can excite, titillate, please, entertain, and sometimes shock; but its ultimate function is to ennoble.
Marya MannesThe world of sight is still limitless. It is the artist who limits vision to the cramped dimensions of his own ego.
Marya MannesA candidate for office can have no greater advantage than muddled syntax; no greater liability than a command of language.
Marya MannesWhat is asserted by a man is an opinion; what is asserted by a woman is opinionated. A woman with ideas and the ability to express them is something of a social embarrassment, like an unhousebroken pet.
Marya Mannes