It is a pity to make a mystery out of what should most easily be understood. There is nothing occult about the thought that all things maybe made well or made ill. A work of art is a well-made thing - that is all. It may be a well-made statue of a well-made chair or a well-made book. Art is not a special sauce applied to ordinary cooking; it is the cooking itself that is good. Most simply and generally, Art may be thought of as "The Well Doing of What Needs Doing."

In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience.

The problem with the common person is that he is so unbearably common!

The world was my oyster but I used the wrong fork.

The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.

It is not wise to find symbols in everything that one sees. It makes life too full of terrors.

The secret of remaining young is never to have an emotion that is unbecoming.