Oh, the Germans classify, but the French arrange.

To note an artist's limitations is but to define his talent. A reporter can write equally well about everything that is presented to his view, but a creative writer can do his best only with what lies within the range and character of his deepest sympathies.

New things are always ugly.

Men travel faster now, but I do not know if they go to better things.

The irregular and intimate quality of things made entirely by the human hand.

life hurrying past us and running away, too strong to stop, too sweet to lose.

Many people seem to think that art is a luxury to be imported and tacked on to life. Art springs out of the very stuff that life is made of. Most of our young authors start to write a story and make a few observations from nature to add local color. The results are invariably false and hollow. Art must spring out of the fullness and richness of life.