So many people seem to imagine that because the actual tools of writing are easily accessible, it is less difficult than the other arts. This is entirely an illusion.

So many people seem to imagine that because the actual tools of writing are easily accessible, it is less difficult than the other arts. This is entirely an illusion.

I can think of few important movements for reform in which success was won by any method other than that of an energetic minority presenting the indifferent majority with a fait accompli, which was then accepted.

The best prose is written by authors who see their universe with a poet’s eyes.

Venice is all sea and sculpture.

few things are more rewarding than a child's open uncalculating devotion.

We should never be at the mercy of Providence if only we understood that we ourselves are Providence.