A publisher is simply a useful middle-man.

And with tears of blood he cleansed the hand, The hand that held the steel: For only blood can wipe out blood, And only tears can heal

A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at, for it leaves out the one country at which Humanity is always landing. And when Humanity lands there, it looks out, and, seeing a better country, sets sail. Progress is the realisation of Utopias.

The simplicity of your character makes you exquisitely incomprehensible to me.

I don't play accurately--any one can play accurately--but I play with wonderful expression. As far as the piano is concerned, sentiment is my forte. I keep science for Life.

She...can talk brillantly upon any subject provided she knows nothing about it.

Artists reproduce themselves or each other, with wearisome iteration. But criticism is always moving on, and the critic is always developing.