A work-room should be like an old shoe; no matter how shabby, it's better than a new one.

The great fact in life, the always possible escape from dullness, was the lake. The sun rose out of it, the day began there; it was like an open door that nobo…

Art and religion (they are the same thing, in the end, of course) have given man the only happiness he has ever had.

Desire is creation, is the magical element in that process. If there were an instrument by which to measure desire, one could foretell achievement.

You are uneasy; you never sailed with me before, I see.

Houses are built to live in, not to look on; therefore, let use be preferred before uniformity, except where both may be had.

From everything that man erects and builds in his urge for living nothing is in my eyes better and more valuable than bridges. They are more important than hou…