The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate they are green and vigorous in old age.

Bid, then, the tender light of faith to shine By which alone the mortal heart is led Unto the thinking of the thought divine.

An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world.

The effort of art is to keep what is interesting in existence, to recreate it in the eternal.

It is veneer, rouge, aestheticism, art museums, new theaters, etc. that make America impotent. The good things are football, kindness, and jazz bands.