There may be a great fire in our hearts yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it and the passers-by see only a wisp of smoke.
I put my heart and my soul into my work and have lost my mind in the process.
If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well one has at the...
Poetry surrounds us everywhere but putting it on paper is alas not so easy...
It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one...
When I have a terrible need of - shall I say the word - religion. Then I go...
An artist needn't be a clergyman or a churchwarden but he certainly must...
If boyhood and youth are but vanity must it not be our ambition to become men?
I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.
The more I think about it the more I realize there is nothing more artistic...
A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence but sets off...
Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.
Nobody I think ought to read poetry or look at pictures or statues who...
I remember a great America where we made everything. There was a time when...
A large part of acting is just pretending. You get to work with these other...
We should all aspire in life to do a multitude of things well - to be a great...
A great wind swept over the ghetto carrying away shame invisibility and...
A great book provides escapism for me. The artistry and the creativity in a...
Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at and humbled for...