"

Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself.

"

The youth of an art is, like the youth of anything else, its most interesting period. When it has come to the knowledge of good and evil it is stronge...more

"

The oldest books are still only just out to those who have not read them.

"

The history of art is the history of revivals.

"

To do great work one must be very idle as well as very industrious.

"

Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees them.

"

Life is not an exact science, it is an art.

"

Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself.

"

The youth of an art is, like the youth of anything else, its most interesting period. When it has come to the knowledge of good and evil it is stronge...more

"

The oldest books are still only just out to those who have not read them.

"

The history of art is the history of revivals.

"

To do great work one must be very idle as well as very industrious.

"

Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees them.

"

Life is not an exact science, it is an art.

"

The youth of an art is, like the youth of anything else, its most interesting period. When it has come to the knowledge of good and evil it is stronge...more