The moment that an artist takes notice of what other people want, and tries to supply the demand, he ceases to be an artist.

By doing just a little every day, I can gradually let the task completely overwhelm me.

To believe is very dull. To doubt is intensely engrossing. To be on the alert is to live, to be lulled into security is to die.

Public Opinion... an attempt to organize the ignorance of the community, and to elevate it to the dignity of physical force.

When you really want love you will find it waiting for you.

It is absurd to say that there are neither ruins nor curiosities in America when they have their mothers and their manners.

The 19thc hatred of Realism is Caliban's enraged reaction to seeing his own face in the mirror. The 19thc rejection of Romanticism is Caliban's fury at not seeing his face reflected in the mirror.