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

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

The heart of another is a dark forest, always, no matter how close it has been to one's own.

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…

Every pitifulest whipster that walks within a skin has had his head filled with the notion that he is, shall be, or by all human and divine laws ought to be, '…

'Goethe, as lately quoted by Matthew Arnold, said those who have science and art have religion; and added, let those who have not science and art have the popu…

Le savant digne de ce nom, le geometre surtout, eprouve en face de son ?uvre la meme impression que l'artiste; sa jouissance est aussi grande et de meme nature.