We are having wind and rain here, and I am very glad not to be alone. I work from memory on bad days, and that would not do if I were alone.

Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.

Conscience is a man's compass, and though the needle sometimes deviates, though one often perceives irregularities in directing one's course by it, still one must try to follow its direction.

An artist needn't be a clergyman or a churchwarden, but he certainly must have a warm heart for his fellow men.

I've never felt a desire (and I don't believe I ever shall) to bring the public to my work... a certain popularity seems to me the least desirable of things.

We spent our whole lives in unconsous excercise of the art of expressing our thoughts with the help of words

Admire as much as you can. Most people do not admire enough.