Get the few main lines and see what lines they call out.

A tree growing out of the ground is as wonderful today as it ever was. It does not need to adopt new and startling methods.

Genius is not a possession of the limited few, but exists in some degree in everyone. Where there is natural growth, a full and free play of faculties, genius will manifest itself.

Pretend you are dancing or singing a picture.

The fun of living is that we have to make ourselves, after all.

You form a society: that limits you. Adopt a name, and you've limited yourself again; draw up a constitution and bylaws and you've made a groove, a rut, that hampers your growth. You think you can fix your course and move straight along it. But sometimes the important thing is to strike out sidewise.

Art appreciation, like love, cannot be done by proxy: It is a very personal affair and is necessary to each individual.