The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity.

Old hands soil, it seems, whatever they caress, but they too have their beauty when they are joined in prayer. Young hands were made for caresses and the sheat…

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

No theory is good unless it permits, not rest, but the greatest work. No theory is good except on condition that one use it to go on beyond.

He tried to harden his heart; but it was not a success. There were many things that he had not the face to say no to, whether he thought them duties or not; an…

Our characteristic response to the mutilated statue, the bronze dug up from the earth, is revealing. It is not that we prefer time-worn bas-reliefs, or rusted …

Life's cares are comforts; such by Heav'n design'd; He that hath none must make them, or be wretched.