Life is an unbroken succession of false situations.

One of the dangers of the American artist is that he finds himself almost exclusively thrown in with persons more or less in the arts. He lives among them, eats among them, quarrels with them, marries them.

Providence has nothing good or high in store for one who does not resolutely aim at something high or good. A purpose is the eternal condition of success.

The public for which masterpieces are intended is not of this earth.

There is no creation without faith and hope. There is no faith and hope that does not express itself in creation.

The best part of married life is the fights. The rest is merely so-so.

Those who are silent, self-effacing and attentive become the recipients of confidences.