Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes.

Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes.

What are Raphael's Madonnas but the shadow of a mother's love, fixed in permanent outline forever?

The bee himself did not evade the schoolboy more than she evaded me, and even at this day I still stand somewhat bewildered, like the boy.

Great men are rarely isolated mountain-peaks; they are the summits of ranges.

Do not waste a minute -- not a second -- in trying to demonstrate to others the merits of your performance. If your work does not vindicate itself, you cannot vindicate it.