But such occasions of excellence became less and less frequent. As her technique became sounder, [her] sincerity became less necessary.

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

A living is made, Mr Kemper, by selling something that everybody needs at least once a year.Yes, sir! And a million ismade by producing something that everybody needs every day.You artists produce something that nobody needs at any time.

I hold we cannot be said to be aware of our minds save under responsibility.

Doctors are mostly impostors. The older a doctor is and the more venerated he is, the more he must pretend to know everything. Of course, they grow worse with time. Always look for a doctor who is hated by the best doctors. Always seek out a bright young doctor before he comes down with nonsense.

If you write to impress it will always be bad, but if you write to express it will be good

People a thousand years from now - this is the way we were in the provinces north of New York at the beginning of the 20th century. This is the way we were: in our growing up and in our marrying and in our living and in our living and in our dying.