Whilst we want cities as the centres where the best things are found, cities degrade us by magnifying trifles.
Ralph Waldo EmersonPerpetual modernness is the measure of merit, in every work of art; since the author of it was not misled by anything short- livedor local, but abode by real and abiding traits.
Ralph Waldo EmersonOur prejudices are our robbers, they rob us valuable things in life. People only see what they are prepared to see.
Ralph Waldo Emerson